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Discover LudwigThe phrase "have a liking" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to indicate that you have a strong affinity or preference for something. For example: "I have a liking for the colors green and blue."
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I have a liking for lobsters.
You're breeding even more contempt from people who don't necessarily have a liking of you in the first place.
Some of the athenaeum's current members have a liking for 19th-century mystery novels, and there is a vast stock of such books in its stacks.
David Edmonds and John Eidinow, who have also written about the row between Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper, have a liking for the character failings of big minds.
We have a liking for books that evade the question, for books that deal in history and large events the author neither witnessed nor lived through.
We salvage whatever netting we can find and cover up most of the chard, leaving the kale to fend for itself (so far there's no evidence they have a liking for it).
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Crooks have also had a liking for them.
Trott has a liking for the Sussex bowling.
Put up pictures that your child has a liking for.
This body has a "like-mindedness" test for membership.
Having a like-minded boyfriend was important to Ms. Hailey.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com