A lot of young people prefer computer games to/rather than football.
As far as I know, both "to" and "rather than" are correct in the sentence above.
As concerns the following sentences, I have not been able to find information on the "would prefer + noun ...+ another noun" structure so far.
(a) I would prefer a movie to a concert.
(b) I would prefer a movie rather than a concert.
(c) I'd prefer Coca cola to Pepsi.
(d) I'd prefer Coca cola rather than Pepsi.
Could you help me with this please?
Thanks.
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Re: would prefer
The addition of 'would' makes no difference to the possible constructions (i.e. both still possible).