2020-12-03
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด P – prefer & preferably
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง prefer = ‘pri-FUR’
ออกเสียง preferably = ‘PREF-er-uh-blee’
COLLINS ENGLISH DICTIONARY
USAGE FOR PREFER
Normally, to is used after prefer and preferable, not than:
I prefer Brahms to Tchaikovsky;
a small income is preferable to no income at all .
However, than or rather than should be used to link infinitives:
I prefer to walk than/rather than to catch the train
Collins English Dictionary
preferaˈbility, ˈpreferableness n
Usage:
Since preferable already means more desirable,
one should not say something is more preferable or most preferable
Collins COBUILD English Usage
prefer
If you prefer one person or thing to another,
you like the first one better.
I prefer art to sports.
She preferred cooking at home to eating in restaurants.
Be Careful!
Don't use any preposition except to in sentences like these.
Don't say, for example 'I prefer art than sports'.
Prefer is rather formal.
In ordinary conversation,
you often use expressions
such as
like...better and would ratherÉ instead.
For example, instead of saying 'I prefer football to tennis',
you can say 'I like football better than tennis'.
Instead of saying 'I'd prefer an apple',
you can say 'I'd rather have an apple'.
Common Errors In English Usage Dictionary
preferably
Although some U.S. dictionaries now recognize
the pronunciation of “preferably”
with the first two syllables pronounced just like “prefer”
—first “E” long and the stress on the second syllable
—the standard pronunciation is “PREFFerublee,”
with the first syllable stressed, just like in “preference.”
The alternative pronunciation sounds awkward to some people
