Hello, friends! Could you tell me if it’s okay to use ‘over’ instead of ‘to’ in this sentence (I heard such a phrase on TV):
I prefer tennis to football (it’s grammatically correct as far as I know)
I prefer tennis over football (this one I heard on TV)
Thanks in advance
Usage of prefer
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Re: Usage of prefer
"to" would be correct/normal and "over" sounds colloquial, not strictly correct but possible (IMHO)
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