PREFER and WOULD PREFER
prefer (doing) something to (doing)
something else prefer to
do something rather than (do) something else
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"Prefer something to something"
yapısıyla, fill kullanmadan isim kullanabiliriz.
I prefer coffee to tea. / She prefers
vegetables to meat.
Eğer fiil
kullanrrsak fiil "-ing" takısı alır.
I prefer drinking coffee to (drinking) tea. She prefers eating vegetables to (eating) meat.
"Prefer
to do something rather than (do) something" yapısıyla sadece fiil kullanabiliriz.
I prefer to drink coffee rather than (drink) tea.
She prefers to eat vegetables
rather than (eat) meat.
"Would prefer", "would rather" ile aynı anlamdadır. Ancak kullanımdaki ayrıma dikkat
ediniz.
I would rather do something than (do) something
else.
I would prefer to do something than/rather than (to do/do) something else.
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"Would prefer"den sonra isim gelebilir.
— Would you prefer tea or coffee?
— Neither, please. I'd prefer a cold lemonade.
"Would
prefer"den sonra fill, "to
do" biçiminde gelir. "Would rather"dan
sonra ise isim gelmez, mutlaka fiil gelir ve fiil yalın haliyle gelir.
I would rather stay at home tonight than go out.
I would prefer to stay at home tonight
rather than/than (to) go out.
Past biçimleri için de aynı kural geçerlidir.
I would rather have done something than (have)
done something else.
I would prefer to have done something
rather than/than (have) done
something else.
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I would rather have
stayed at home last
night than (have) gone out.
I would prefer to have
stayed at home last night
than/rather than (to have) gone out. (Dün akşam
dışarı çıkmak yerine evde
kalmayı tercih ederdim.)
I would rather he himself decided on this occasion.
They would rather I didn't live
in a separate house.
Aynı anlamı
"would prefer" ile vermek
istersek, "object + to do" biçiminde ifade etmemiz gerekir.
would prefer someone to do something
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I would prefer him to decide himself on this
occasion.
They would prefer
me not to live separately.