Prefer going/to go to the beach

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Angliholic

#489383 Sun, 16 Mar 08 03:22 AM

The children prefer going to the beach to going to the movies.

... to go ... to going ...

Hi,

Do both of the above sound right and mean about the same to you? Thanks.

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Philip

#489387 Sun, 16 Mar 08 03:29 AM

For me it's a question of parallelism.

The children prefer going to the beach to going to the movies. [sounds good]

The children prefer to go to the beach rather than to go to the movies. [correct, but too many words]

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Angliholic

#489391 Sun, 16 Mar 08 03:37 AM

Thanks, Philip.

I like your suggestion. I made a typo in my first post, and the following is the corrected one. Does it sound right to you?

The children prefer to go to the beach to go to the movies.