Preference

Dalam bahasa Indonesia, preference adalah sesuatu yang lebih disukai atau disenangi.

The sentence that uses like, prefer, would rather and would prefer with it has the mean to state 'pilihan' or 'lebih suka' on something ( do the job ) than the other thing ( do the other job ). ( Kalimat yang menggunakan kata like, prefer, would rather dan would prefer dengan kalimat it dimaksudkan memiliki arti untuk menyatakan 'pilihan' atau 'lebih suka' pada sesuatu hal ( melakukan pekerjaan )  daripada hal yang lain ( melakukan pekerjaan ). )

There is four preference sentence patterns ( Ada empat pola kalimat preference )

1. Use Like ( Penggunaan kata Like )

Formula

a. Subject + Like + Noun + Better Than + Noun
b. Subject + Like + Noun + Better Not Than + Noun
c. Subject + Like + Verb 1 + ing + Better Than + Verb 1 + ing
d. Subject + Like + Verb 1 + ing + Better Not Than + Verb 1 + ing

Example

a. I like chocolate better than milk
b. I like chocolate better not than chocolate
c. I like reading better than swimming
d. I like reading better not than swimming

2. Use Prefer ( Penggunaan kata Prefer )

Formula

a. Subject + Prefer + Noun + To + Noun
b. Subject + Prefer + Not + To + Noun
c. Subject + Prefer + Verb 1 + ing + To + Verb 1 + ing
d. Subject + Prefer + Not + To + Verb 1 + To + Verb 1 + ing

Example

a. I prefer romance to poetry
b. I prefer not romance to poetry
c. I prefer writing poem to reading poem
d. I prefer not to write poem to reading poem

3. Use Would Rather ( Penggunaan kata Would Rather )

Formula

a. Subject + Would Rather + Verb inf + Than + Verb inf
b. Subject + Would Rather + Not + Verb inf + Than + Verb inf
c. Subject + Would Rather + Verb inf + Noun + Than + Noun
d. Subject + Would Rather + Not + Verb inf + Noun + Than + Noun

Example

a. I would rather write than read
b. I would rather not write than read
c. I would rather write poem than story
d. I would rather not write poem than story

4. Use Would Prefer ( Penggunaan kata Would Prefer )

Formula

a. Subject + Would Prefer + To + Verb inf + Rather Than + Verb inf
b. Subject + Would Prefer + Not + To + Verb inf + Rather Than + Verb inf
c. Rather Than + Verb inf + Subject + Would Prefer + To + Verb inf
d. Rather Than + Verb inf + Subject + Would Prefer + Not + To + Verb inf

Example

a. I would prefer to play chess rather than write poem
b. I would prefer not to play chess rather than write poem
c. Rather than play chess i would prefer to write poem
d. Rather than play chess i would prefer not to write poem