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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Are both sentences fine? #211703 07/11/2013 2:19 PM Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 41 Lionel Koh newbie Lionel Koh newbie Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 41 My mother prefers eating apples to eating oranges. My mother prefers apples to oranges. Are both sentences fine? Thanks. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Are both sentences fine? Lionel Koh #211709 07/12/2013 12:24 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 They both look good to me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Are both sentences fine? Lionel Koh #211710 07/12/2013 2:10 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny veteran Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Originally Posted By: Lionel Koh My mother prefers eating apples to eating oranges. My mother prefers apples to oranges. Are both sentences fine? Thanks. Yes they are both fine, but think; does your mammy like eating apples best or does she prefer looking at apples because she doesn't like looking at oranges. And as well, "comparing apples to oranges" is an English idiom explaining that you shouldn't equate different things. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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