What Is The Preferred Way To Deprecate A Tool Used By An Agent With Stored Conversation History?
Jun 26, 2008preferred and preferring are correct because the second syllable is stressed there. Mar 7, 2019hello, can "more" and "preferred" be used together, for example in "coffee is very popular in some places, while tea is more preferred in some others."? Mar 3, 2025here, the double perfect (would have preferred + to have taken) can be seen as redundant in many contexts but may add emphasis.
Sep 24, 2013you're right, in the sense that you need the past tense in the if-clause of a second conditional sentence. You will however, hear sentences such as this, where the present is used in. Jul 12, 2013i would have preferred that the directive had been adopted.
On the balance, while progress was made, we would have preferred to have made much more progress. May 20, 2021i preferred the original version of that movie. Oct 27, 2019because, from the point of view of the speaker, he is referring to a past action (being given tea), albeit recent, so the past perfect tense is used.
May 26, 2022the "correct" version of your options is (3), but perhaps more likely is "i would have preferred you to have come earlier". Oct 29, 2007i wouldn't say "i preferred to stay at home to watch tv" because i don't like repeating 'to' with different meanings -- the first being the infinitive 'to' and the equivalent to "in order to",.