- preferred, prefered. . . - WordReference Forums
Preferred and preferring are correct because the second syllable is stressed there Same for conferred, transferred, referred, deferred, inferred But: differed or tutored (stress on the first syllable)
- is more preferred correct? - WordReference Forums
Context and the actual sentence make a difference In your sentence, "more preferred" is unnecessary and even wrong, but as I said, it could work in other sentences "More preferred" suggests that out of multiple preferred things, there's a stronger preference for one
- referred to in - WordReference Forums
How about Americans and Australians? Are they also natives No doubt that Americans are also creating their own style of English language in one way or another Aren't they? So, my opinion is that no matter whether native or not, when communicating each other, simple, clarity should be preferred Otherwise, the communication may be nothing Am
- I would have preferred to I would have preferred it if . . .
I would have preferred it if the directive had been adopted On balance, whilst progress was made, we would have preferred to have made much more progress On balance, whilst progress was made, we would have preferred it if we had made much more progress I am one of those who would have preferred the Commission to have been elected three weeks
- northwest or North-West - WordReference Forums
Question- Preferred location: in the _____ Question is 'northwest' The formation of this word I found in Cambridge Dictionary was ' northwest', while what the transcript of IELTS has given is 'north-west', but the only given answer for the blank is ' North-West' and what I filled in is 'northwest' Why is it a capital N and W and with a dash?
- something that vs something which | WordReference Forums
With regard to relative pronouns, grammars often say that ‘that’ is preferred to ‘which’ after ‘something’ However, they do not say anything about why it is the case Does anyone have any idea why it is? Ex I want to buy something that is useful for me
- What is the proper abbreviation for not applicable?
I've seen n a, N A, NA, etc According to the Wikipedia article entitled "Manual of Style (abbreviations)", N A is the only one that is proper; however, according to the Wikipedia article entitled "n a" ("Not applicable" redirects to "n a"), all of the other forms are also acceptable
- Id prefer to stay . . . Id prefer staying . . . - WordReference Forums
Hi, I understand that the verb prefer can have either a to-infinitive or a gerund as its object, but this is not necessarily the case with would prefer I would need your help with the following two sentences a) I'd prefer to stay at home tonight rather than go to the cinema b) I'd prefer
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