Milih "prefer to" utawa "prefer over" ing basa Inggris?

Preposisi endi sing kudu aku gunakake sawise tembung kriya "prefer"? iku pitakonan sing asring muncul ing antarane penutur asli lan non-asli. Cekakne, yen sampeyan pengin nyatakake yen sampeyan luwih seneng soko tinimbang liyane, sampeyan bisa tansah nggunakake prefer to:

I prefer apples to oranges.

He prefers coffee to tea.

They prefer swimming to running.

Panggunaan "prefer over" tinimbang "prefer to" (kaya ing "I prefer apples over oranges") iku fenomena sing relatif anyar (ungkapan iki wiwit muncul ing literatur Amerika ing taun 1940-an lan ing Inggris nganti sekitar taun 1980). Iku kira-kira 10x kurang umum tinimbang "prefer to" lan akeh penutur asli nganggep iku ora alami, mula gunakake mung kanthi resiko sampeyan dhewe.

Nanging, perlu dicathet yen "over" ing konteks "prefer" ing pasif dadi cukup populer. Contone, aku bisa nemokake loro varian sing digunakake dening penulis sing padha ing buku (hukum) sing padha:

The more stringent policy is preferred to/over the somewhat less stringent policy.

Umumé, "preferred to" isih kira-kira kaping pindho luwih umum tinimbang "preferred over" ing literatur Inggris, mula sing pertama iku pilihan sing luwih aman, nanging panggunaan "A is preferred over B" luwih akeh tinimbang panggunaan "people prefer A over B".

Nanging, ana siji kasus nalika panggunaan "prefer to" ora bisa. Nalika mbandhingake loro tembung kriya, tinimbang "prefer to verb to to verb", kudu nggunakake "rather than" (utawa ngowahi kabeh ukara):

I prefer to die rather than (to) live without you.

I prefer dying to living without you.

I prefer to die to to live without you.

I prefer to die to living without you.

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13 "Arrive to" vs. "arrive in" vs. "arrive at" ing Basa Inggris

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4.	(An) information – is there an article?
5.	“News is” or “news are” – problematic words ending with an “s”
6.	So, thus, therefore, and hence
7.	“At school” vs. “in school”
8.	“In office” vs. “in the office” vs. “at the office”
9.	“Help do” vs. “help to do” vs. “help doing”
10.	“In the picture” vs. “on the picture”
11.	“Half five”, “half seven”, “half ten” etc. in British English
12.	“Prefer to” or “prefer over”
13.	“Arrive to” vs. “arrive in” vs. “arrive at”
14.	Each other's vs. each others'
15.	Difference between “cemetery” and “graveyard”

1.	Introduction
2.	“Lie in bed” or “lay in bed”
3.	“Information is” vs. “informations are” – plural or singular
4.	(An) information – is there an article?
5.	“News is” or “news are” – problematic words ending with an “s”
6.	So, thus, therefore, and hence
7.	“At school” vs. “in school”
8.	“In office” vs. “in the office” vs. “at the office”
9.	“Help do” vs. “help to do” vs. “help doing”
10.	“In the picture” vs. “on the picture”
11.	“Half five”, “half seven”, “half ten” etc. in British English
12.	“Prefer to” or “prefer over”
13.	“Arrive to” vs. “arrive in” vs. “arrive at”
14.	Each other's vs. each others'
15.	Difference between “cemetery” and “graveyard”