Question

he prefers tea to coffee. replace the itals by nouns

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Answer 1

He has a preference for tea over coffee.

• The verb in the given sentence is 'prefers'. The noun form of the verb is 'preference'.
• Whenever we use the noun form of the verb, the preposition used also changes.
• Here, we are making a comparison between two things( tea and coffee) where something is liked more than the other. We can either connect them using 'to'( as given) or use 'for' and 'over' in the other way.