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Part I: Expressing preference:

Want to, would like to, and would prefer to


We use the verb want to talk about wishes and needs, and to give advice:
 What do you want for dinner tonight? (wish or desire)
 The kitchen wants painting. (needs)
 You want to get your tickets soon before they’re all sold out. (I
advise you to)

We use would like or ’d like to say politely what we want, especially


when making offers and requests:
 Would you like a biscuit with your coffee?
 Can you order for Ellie? She’d like the Margarita pizza, please.

We use prefer to say we like one thing or activity more than another. We
can use a prepositional phrase with to when we compare two things or
actions:
 I prefer tea to coffee.
 We prefer going by ferry to flying.

Would prefer: We use would prefer or ’d prefer, followed by a to-


infinitive or a noun, to talk about present and future preferences:
 I’d prefer to go by myself.
 Would you prefer a quieter restaurant?
 She’d prefer not to drive at night.

When we want to say that we would like to do one thing more than
another, we can introduce the second thing with rather than, followed by
an infinitive without to:
 I’d prefer to go skiing this year rather than go on a beach holiday.
Part II: Enough
The word enough: can be used as an adjective, an adverb or with a noun.
It can even be used as a pronoun.
Enough with an adjective:
 She wasn't tall enough to become a flight attendant.
 This piece of writing isn’t good enough.
Enough with an adverb:
 You have not been concentrating enough in class
 He couldn't run fast enough to catch the bus.
Enough with nouns:
 We don't have enough coffee for everyone.
 Has he got enough time to come to the meeting?

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