Lesson 293--using prefer

Prefer is a great verb to use because it can be followed by so many things and it can make some great sentences

Prefer + gerund

I prefer walking.

I prefer flying.

Prefer + nouns

I prefer the Playstation.

I prefer pizza.

Of course, the best thing is that you can make longer sentences using the comparative preposition "to"

I prefer flying to driving.

I prefer pizza to any other food.

You can also use infinitives, but you should not use the preposition "to" because it is very confusing.

I prefer to walk

I prefer to eat pizza.

When using would, the infinitive is prefered.

I'd prefer to walk home tonight.

I would prefer to watch the new Xmen movie.

Lesson 257--Drag:useful vocabulary

 

The word drag has several interesting and useful meanings

 

drag (verb):  when something is too heavy to carry, you pull it across the floor or ground.

 

Gwen was not strong enough to lift the box, so she dragged it into her room.

The man wouldn't move, so the police dragged him away.

 

drag (verb):  to inhale on a cigarette.

Even though he had quit, Evan took an occasional drag from Tim's cigarettes.

Can I have a drag of your cigarette.

 

drag (noun):  unfun, boring, uninteresting, dull, tedious thing; a hassle.

The party was such a drag that everyone left.

Everyone though Nick had become such a drag.

Getting homework on a Friday is such a drag.

 

drag (verb): to seem to take a long time.

The class started to drag and the students became restless.

The summer classes seem to drag more than the winter classes.

There are some other useful words with drag.  I encourage you to look them up

drag race

drag queen

drag the object (computers)

 

Lesson 181--Some and Any Questions

When making questions there is an interesting difference between some and any.  Consider the following questions

1:  Do you have any money?

2:  Do you have some money?

In question 1, the person asking probably thinks that you don't have money.  However, the person asking in question 2 probably thinks that you do.

Consider the following two questions

3:  Do you have some problems?

4:  Do you have any problems?

In question 3, the person asking really believes that you have some problems.  In question 4, this is more of a genuine inquiry.