Ms. Ku said she would much prefer one full-time job at a higher wage because her current schedule allows her to see her 12-year-old daughter only after 10 p.m. "One of the big problems for many of us is we have to work so many hours that we don't have any time to stay with our children," Ms. Ku said.
Some people preferred one, some preferred another.
It received a far more enthusiastic reception and as people were walking out I overheard numerous conversations which involved the phrase: "Oh, I much preferred the first one, didn't you?" So what was it that differentiated the first from the second?
I had one of the other kinds of husbands once, the unfaithful kind, and I much prefer this one, thank you.
"I usually work the Montreal-to-Toronto line, but I much prefer this one.
Hypotactic (subordinate) constructions such as subordinate clauses are much preferred to paratactic (coordinate) ones such as independent clauses: the construction 'having gotten up, she left' is much more common than 'she got up and left.' There is little or no transformation of basic structures.
I much prefer the ones that show the time, steps, and notifications in straight numeric format.
It was pretty slimy, but I'd still much prefer that one-time grossout to our leader openly and repeatedly proclaiming "I had sexual relations with... .. then slamming the Jo'burg phone book on the table while Julius Malema slips him a low-five.
We'd go on next day, at his home, only give him time to write his few words of fiction after breakfast, and without prepared questions, one so much preferred just to talk.
That Joe Nocera wrote a scathing column about his appointment in late October reflects the views of many of the senior staff who would have much preferred either an internal appointment or one with experience with American journalism.
