Re: Question about "prefer to do sth" and "prefer doing sth"?

Maria C. wrote:
Paul Wolff wrote:
Mike Lyle wrote
Paul Wolff wrote:

I remain baffled by the phrase "vn to inf" used in the original
question. That one is more than "slightly" irritating.

I think I just assumed "vn" was a fat-finger exercise aimed at "v" or
perhaps "vb".

I demand that those who post in esoteric code take the trouble to
transcribe it correctly, for the benefit of those learning Eafl as a
foreign language. Come to think of it, they could have their own
newsgroup where they could discuss recipes for dog-in-the-hole until a
native speaker drops by to post questions about the proper usage of
sth by s.o.

Please don't say things like "dog-in-the-hole"[1] without warning, Paul. I nearly spit my coffee all over my keyboard.

[1] Especially when toad-in-the-hole and egg-in-the-hole are topics of discussion.

Maybe we could create a dish with very hot chilli in it and call it "fire in the hole".
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