I studied that a good way to grow vocabulary is learning root words and recognize prefix and suffix and other parts of the word. So I am looking for a way to Decompose any selected word. is there any site or any reference for doing that? for example I write word "construction" and it give me: con...
@EddieKal Hello! You know, I like the second answer to my question, but it has just 2 upvotes. The other one has 14. I am wondering, if selecting the second one as "accepted" would end the world ...
@Lambie I think if you quoted an example from a reputable source, say Google Books, your point would be more convincing. That said, I haven't heard "prefer to do than to do" either. I think some people may be also questioning the prevalence of shortening "rather than" to "than" in this structure
@EddieKal Eddie, it isn't just than, there is an implied rather than*: I prefer to drive [rather] than [to] walk. It could not be more idiomatic. By the way, it is prefer to do x [rather] than to do y. There is just no reason to draw this out....
You wrote: "prefer to do than to do", which is wrong, of course. It seems like people have trouble reading these points. "prefer to do x than to do y".
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