Object

• soil: They prefer well-drained soil, sun or semi shade.

• latter: Faced with those two, I would far prefer the latter.

• something: If you prefer something at that end of things try some Dragon Well tea.

• approach: We prefer a pro-active approach in dealing with employment law and HR problems that minimizes the cost and time spent.

Infinitive complement

• stay: SCC Older people Older people prefer to stay in their own homes.

• concentrate: He prefers to concentrate on plans for a 100,000 sq ft speculative block set to start in June.

• speak: X: I prefer to speak with Agent Mulder directly.

• stick: But you'll probably prefer to stick with sound effects -- nothing special, but the Esprit's throaty roar is very satisfactory.

• receive: If you prefer to receive your mailings by email, please provide an email address.

Present participle complement

• watch: I agree that films should be experienced on the big screen, but I prefer watching films from the comfort of my own home.

• sit: If you prefer sitting on cushions on the floor to having a sofa, ditch the couch and start stuffing.

Modifying Another Word

• instead: Thus, we instead prefer to let the system pick the address.

• personally: Order Based These are the style of party that I personally prefer.

• much: I much prefer Autumn, with the clocks going backward.

• generally: We generally prefer to keep packages from the current " stable " Debian distribution.

• definitely: Given the choice myself, I would definitely prefer to watch Dirty Harry.

• actually: I actually prefer it to SMB, it's a lot cooler!