The phrase "a student prefers" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the preferences or choices of a student in various contexts, such as education or personal interests.
Example: "In the survey, a student prefers online learning over traditional classroom settings."
Alternatives: "a student favors" or "a student likes".
Dr. Frankenstein's patient, Larry Nadel, 23, a college student, prefers to whip his intestines at visitors.
*The student prefers the pronouns xe, xim and xir.
It was found that, when the student preferred a vaginal delivery for him/herself, he/she invariably chose the same mode of delivery in the other scenarios.
Does the student prefer to work with Braille, or does he prefer audio?
Tléguen, an aspiring movie cameraman, is courting Altynaï, a student, who prefers Ablaï, the young scion of a wealthy businessman.
While student attitude toward flipped classroom approach was generally positive, some studies reported that a few students preferred traditional teaching approach because of the inability to ask questions during video lectures and students being accustomed to traditional instruction (Schultz et al. 2014).
Gender predicted whether a student reported preferring to be a collaborator or a leader/explainer, with males more likely to prefer the leadership/explainer role and females more likely to prefer to be collaborators.
While a student, he preferred composing to giving concerts, and only after his family had been left destitute by World War I and the Russian Revolution did he make his concert debut (1922, Kharkov).
A 21-year-old activist with the Black Revs, a student who preferred not to give his name, said: "People say we've been here for the hard times, the tough times, we've struggled to be here and a few people of a higher social class, people of privilege, are coming here and they are shitting on them".
But some professors do not want to "friend" students on Facebook ("I don't want to learn things about them I can't unlearn," said Thomas Tierney, an associate professor of sociology at the College of Wooster in Ohio) or do not think it is their job to explore every possible medium a student might prefer to use at 2 a.m. to find out about a test later that day.
