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Prefer I Drawing Painting Sth Women Classical Music

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Keyword prefer
Sub Entry Number 3
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence I prefer drawing than painting.
Correct Sentence I prefer drawing to painting.
Cloze Error Sentence I prefer drawing [[than]] painting.
Cloze Sentence I prefer drawing [[to]] painting.
Cloze Answer to
Choices than | to
Explanation

prefer (doing ) sth to (doing ) sth else (NOT than ): 'He normally prefers classical music to rock.' 'Most women prefer breastfeeding to bottle feeding.'

Compare: 'I'd rather live in the North than in the South.' 'Most women would rather go out to work than stay at home all day.'

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