🎁 A holiday package to celebrate the season! Click here and shop now!

TextRanch

The best way to perfect your writing.

Discover why 1,062,726 users count on TextRanch to get their English corrected!

1. Input your text below.
2. Get it corrected in a few minutes by our editors.
3. Improve your English!

One of our experts will correct your English.

Our experts

I prefered to do vs I prefered doing

Both phrases are grammatically correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I preferred to do' is used when expressing a preference for one action over another, while 'I preferred doing' is used when talking about a past action that was preferred at that time.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 1406 views

I prefered to do

This phrase is correct and commonly used when expressing a preference for one action over another.

This phrase is used when you want to indicate that you had a preference for doing one thing over another in the past.

Examples:

  • I preferred to do my homework before going out with my friends.
  • She preferred to cook dinner rather than order takeout.
  • I prefered to stay in Madrid and cure Diego here.
  • I think he didn't come to Fiorito for last 14 years because he prefered to have idealistic image or the picture of the poor people.
  • I was married, but at night he prefered to sleep around then he prefered to go and get killed by the Germans, rather than be with me
  • I forgot that you prefered wine to coffee, Janos.
  • I would have prefered a cop, a family man...
  • They have prefered to avoid the confrontation!
  • I'd personnaly prefered if people could just come upstairs and like bid on my entire room.
  • Evidentally he prefered his friends to you.
  • -everybody has a prefered thing.
  • You said he much prefered it, too.
  • Your father told me before he died... he much prefered me.
  • Check if you want to encode frames in BGR (prefered) or RGB colormodel (most players like WinDvD, VLC-player want BGR colormodel for RAW data) other players want RGB colromodel for RAW avi data)

Alternatives:

  • I chose to do
  • I favored doing
  • I opted to do
  • I selected to do
  • I decided to do

I prefered doing

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a past action that was preferred at that time.

This phrase is used when you want to talk about a past action that you preferred at that time.

Examples:

  • I preferred doing my homework alone rather than in a group.
  • He preferred doing yoga in the morning.
  • I prefered to stay in Madrid and cure Diego here.

Alternatives:

  • I favored doing
  • I liked doing
  • I enjoyed doing
  • I chose doing
  • I opted for doing

Related Comparisons

I appreciate to do vs I appreciate doing I urged to do vs I am urged to do I like doing vs I like to do I preferred to do vs I preferred doing I wasn't able to do vs I couldn't do I thought to do vs It occured to me to do

What Our Customers Are Saying

Our customers love us! We have an average rating of 4.79 stars based on 283,125 votes.
Also check out our 2,100+ reviews on TrustPilot (4.9TextRanch on TrustPilot).

Why choose TextRanch?

Lowest prices
Up to 50% lower than other online editing sites.

Fastest Times
Our team of editors is working for you 24/7.

Qualified Editors
Native English experts for UK or US English.

Top Customer Service
We are here to help. Satisfaction guaranteed!

×

💝 TextRanch Holidays Offer! 💝️

25% special discount
Stock up on credits for the entire year!

Grab this offer now!