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my personal preference is vs my personal preference used to

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'My personal preference is' is used to express a current preference, while 'My personal preference used to' is used to talk about a preference that existed in the past but no longer applies.

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my personal preference is

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to express a current preference.

This phrase is used to state a preference that is currently held by the speaker. It is often followed by a noun or a verb phrase.

Examples:

  • My personal preference is to eat at home rather than in a restaurant.
  • My personal preference is to wake up early in the morning.
  • My personal preference is for action movies over romantic comedies.
  • May 29, 2024 ... Like generally people prefer the arial type font but my personal preference is Times New Roman. So that's a personal preference of mine. I ...
  • Feb 6, 2005 ... I cannot understand what the word means and use it for purposes other than giving praise to God. My personal preference is to acknowledge the ...
  • May 8, 2023 ... My personal preference is ProxySQL. In order to do read scaling with HAProxy, you must make changes to your application in such a way that the code opens ...
  • Feb 27, 2023 ... My personal preference is to never use the COUNTIF (singular) because of this criteria restriction and to always use a COUNTIFS (or SUMIFS ...
  • Jun 12, 2024 ... In most cases I can use either one, but my personal preference is scripts. Is there a reason why I should be using an expression if possible ...
  • Nov 6, 2024 ... ... (my personal preference is for one that maintains its width, but a snagit-like scrollbar would also be quite acceptable). I'm no expert on UI ...
  • My personal preference is to have such material fully incorporated into the running text. From the Cambridge English Corpus. That is my personal preference ...
  • May 31, 2024 ... My personal preference is typically postmark, they have some of the best deliverability and are quite easy to work with. My follow up ...

Alternatives:

  • I prefer
  • I like
  • I would rather
  • I tend to choose

my personal preference used to

This phrase is correct and is used to talk about a preference that existed in the past but no longer applies.

This phrase is used to indicate a preference that was true in the past but has changed. It is often followed by a verb phrase or a noun.

Examples:

  • My personal preference used to be watching horror movies, but now I prefer comedies.
  • My personal preference used to involve spicy food, but now I can't handle it.
  • My personal preference used to lean towards classical music, but now I enjoy pop music more.
  • My personal preference used to be for long, technical strategy games. These days I play more co-op games or ones where kids and older people can all have ...
  • Nov 20, 2020 ... My personal preference used to be Dynamic Gold SL which in todays terms is something like an XP115. It vey depends on your swing and how you ...
  • May 11, 2017 ... My personal preference used to rely on inserting myself into india + west africa + europe and cycling those but in recent patches i have ...
  • My personal preference used to be to finish one job thoroughly before I start another project. However, over time, I started to multitask with a variety of ...
  • Aug 10, 2018 ... My personal preference used to be “buy a new one” but we are trying to reduce wastage and the polishing cost was cheap material wise, and ...
  • My personal preference used to be the chicken burrito, and to be honest I'm still a bit sad that it's gone, but I never fail to find something new and ...
  • Sep 24, 2019 ... My personal preference used to Axis LTE for some time. I now stick to MOST. Why? No reason. Just loved their philosophy and the outlook ...
  • My personal preference used to be 100% cotton underwear and I'd try to find organic cotton underwear, M&S was my go to, they use organic and out of any ...
  • Nov 17, 2018 ... Hello Athenkosi Kwinana, Can I dye paper with ink? Yes, but my personal preference used to be acrylic paints. I may start again now that my ...
  • Mar 5, 2023 ... My personal preference used to Axis LTE for some time. I now stick to MOST. Why? No reason. Just loved their philosophy and the outlook ...

Alternatives:

  • I used to prefer
  • In the past, I liked
  • I once favored
  • I was into

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