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Discover LudwigThe phrase "used to prefer" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to describe a past habit or behavior that is no longer true in the present. For example: - I used to prefer coffee in the morning, but now I prefer tea. - He used to prefer playing video games, but now he spends most of his free time reading. - We used to prefer going out for dinner, but now we enjoy cooking at home more. - They used to prefer warm weather for their vacations, but now they prefer skiing in the mountains. In all of these examples, "used to prefer" is used to express a past preference that has changed in the present.
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The primary 5 group who used to prefer the card mode in the last micro-cycle told us that the new UI had essentially resolved the "problem" of an inconvenient character composition process, with the additional advantage of letting them see all their peers' components on one screen an affordance that the card mode cannot offer.
Murdoch used to prefer appointing newspaper editors himself.
The 18th-century portraits show that owners used to prefer stubby legs and curly coats.
Valérie used to prefer women to men, and is happy to find girls to share with Michel.
He used to prefer Google products, but he's now fully on Microsoft because, he said, it makes his job easier.
He used to prefer drawing buildings because they kept still while he was at work, unlike people.
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They are used to typing and prefer it to writing.
So I was "mainstreamed," as they used to say—I prefer to say integrated.
He used to tell me he preferred drugs to women.
Bowie used to eschew nostalgia, always preferring the new.
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