The phrase "already prefer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing a preference that has been established or recognized prior to the current moment or context.
Example: "I already prefer the new design over the old one after seeing both options."
Alternatives: "have a preference for" or "favor already".
After all, many fans already prefer watching magnified views on a Jumbotron to the miniature-seeming live play somewhere down below them.
At three months old, we already prefer the faces of people who share our skin color over the faces of those who don't.
According to the Times's article, Mexicans already prefer the bigger (and roomier) used cars from America over smaller new cars, which also tend to be more expensive.
And iPad owners, who tend to be affluent given the $499 price tag for the device, already prefer not only browsing but also buying from a retailer's app rather than the Web site in some cases.
As it is, the ratings for the final episode of "Breaking Bad" suggest that Americans would already prefer to spend time with a murderous methamphetamine dealer than the House of Representatives.
I have the Nintendo DS version, as well, and I already prefer the iPod Touch one better.
The original question was to have been: "Do you want the United Kingdom to adopt the "alternative vote" system instead of the current "first-past-the-post" system for electing members of parliament to the House of Commons?" The Electoral Commission said the phrase, "do you want…to adopt" could imply the alternative vote system was already preferred by some people, or had already been decided on.
Maybe that's part of what gay boys sensed in me was someone who already preferred them when everyone else was very clear they weren't necessarily preferred.
Cluster: 18 One of the taxonomically most remarkable results of our study is the evidence for the conspecificity of the above-mentioned taxa, even though Montecchi and Sarasini [16] already preferred a wider species concept for H. lycoperdineus, H. muticus and H. griseus.
By generating a new candidate admissible set/complete extension, which is not contained in an already visited preferred extension we can enumerate all preferred extensions in this manner.
Mobile devices, already the preferred media and Internet platform for many people, will continue to proliferate.
