I didn't fancy driving vs I didn't prefer driving

Both phrases are correct, but they convey slightly different meanings. 'I didn't fancy driving' is a more casual and informal way of saying that you didn't feel like driving, while 'I didn't prefer driving' is a more formal and structured way of expressing the same idea.

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I didn't fancy driving

This phrase is correct and commonly used in informal contexts to express a lack of desire or inclination to drive.

This phrase is a casual way of saying that you didn't feel like driving. It is commonly used in informal conversations.

Examples:

I didn't fancy driving in the rain.
She didn't fancy driving all the way to the airport.
They didn't fancy driving at night.
He didn't fancy driving after a long day at work.
We didn't fancy driving through heavy traffic.

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That was some pretty fancy driving.
Do you fancy driving over to Leeds while Janet finds out about this argument they had?
How do you fancy driving over to Buckstones Ridge?
I didn't fancy doing it online.
I didn't fancy the soup.
I didn't fancy the sofa.
I didn't fancy it, it smelt off.
'Cause I didn't fancy discussing my private life with a table full of strangers.
Well, I didn't fancy being alone by myself in this house.
Yes, and a good thing too, I didn't fancy taking out your appendix.
She begged me to go with her but I didn't fancy it.
She begged me to go with her but I didn't fancy it.
None of that fancy police driving, OK?
You didn't fancy my sandwiches?
But he didn't fancy his Japanese.
I just didn't fancy the leathering I was due for not wearing my uniform right.
There was one small point I completely forgot... and really didn't fancy worrying you in your consulting rooms...
You know, didn't fancy the idea of stripping in a bar full of coppers.
'My initial annoyance when I first saw her was not that I didn't fancy her, but, you know,'
Just because she didn't fancy you lot!

Alternatives:

I didn't feel like driving
I didn't want to drive
I didn't have the desire to drive
I didn't feel up to driving
I didn't have the inclination to drive

I didn't prefer driving

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in everyday conversation. It is a more formal way of expressing a lack of choice in driving.

This phrase is a more formal way of saying that you didn't choose to drive. It is suitable for more structured or professional contexts.

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I definitely prefer driving to guns.
Or those who prefer to listen while driving.
I much prefer a healthy kid driving me crazy to a sick one.
I prefer to be driving when I'm driving.
Then I asked her if she didn't prefer the idea of becoming my lover.
Would you prefer eight years of driving to the valley For every school function?
Looks like gentlemen don't prefer blondes, little j.
Simply an option if she doesn't prefer to give birth in a manger.
It doesn't prefer symmetries, and it doesn't prefer multiverse, but it's right in the middle.
She's going to fetch me some chocolate, but now I wonder whether I wouldn't prefer milk.
That you don't prefer the chocolate cherry thumbprints?
Mycroft would have made a brilliant detective, if he wouldn't prefer silence to everything else in the world.
Simply an option if she doesn't prefer to give birth in a manger.
I've been asked to check you wouldn't prefer to be moved to an officers' ward.
You wouldn't prefer a throaty chuckle?
I don't prefer that, no-one does.
Are you sure you wouldn't prefer a hotel?
I'm not sure I don't prefer this though.
What if he doesn't let me return it? I don't prefer, go upstairs, find your nads - they're probably in your Lego tub - then go back to that store and demand the correct size.
I suppose you wouldn't prefer for us to cut them out?

Alternatives:

I didn't choose to drive
I didn't opt for driving
I didn't select driving
I didn't elect to drive
I didn't decide on driving

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I didn't fancy driving vs I didn't prefer driving