I prefer to apple vs I prefer apple

Some examples from the web:

• I prefer to discuss business inside.
• Which do you prefer, apples or bananas?
• I prefer to spend time with friends.
• I prefer to eat a muffin rather than a dinosaur.
• I don't know - I prefer to test their beliefs, scientifically.
• I prefer to test their beliefs, scientifically.
• I prefer to call it 'the great giveaway'.
• I prefer to see it grown here rather than imported from elsewhere.
• That is why I prefer to stick with my proposed minimum of 20% heifers.
• I prefer to retain a national foreign policy and work through NATO.
• I prefer to think of it as doing my job.
• I'm sorry but I prefer to be honest the pain.
• I-I prefer to observe rather than ask questions.
• I prefer to remember his views on the British jury system.
• Could I returned to Hungary but I prefer to leave in our world.
• I prefer to be destroyed than enslaved.
• Anyway, I prefer to drive myself.
• I prefer to view the conference room first.
• I prefer to arrive with the smallest possible complement.
• Thank you, but in that case I prefer to hold on.

Some examples from the web:

• Which do you prefer, apples or bananas?
• I prefer to discuss business inside.
• I prefer more traditional tones, but...
• But Sammy and I prefer nature.
• I prefer nonfiction - much more exciting.
• I prefer everyone speak their minds.
• I prefer flying solo at weddings.
• I prefer the public humiliation anyway.
• I prefer... passionate to obsessive.
• I prefer securities on loans. I prefer venture capital.
• I prefer a hotel by the airport.
• I prefer a hotel by the airport.
• I prefer staying home to going fishing.
• I prefer going out to staying at home.
• I prefer going out to staying at home.
• I prefer department stores: the prices are lower.
• I prefer going by foot than bicycling.
• As for me, I prefer beer to whisky.
• I prefer reading books to watching television.
• I prefer to spend time with friends.