Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Preferable"

A: "I prefer this" / "I like this better"

A: 1. ​It is preferable if you do not ask that question.
2. This ice cream flavour is preferable to any other.
3. In Japan it is preferable that you do not speak too loudly on public transportations.
4. It would be preferable if you handed in the assignment before midnight.

A: Driving was preferable to walking home in the rain.
Silence was preferable to listening to my little sister's complaining.

A: Um I can’t really think of any off the top of my head, but...

“It is preferable that you wear makeup for this performance, but you do not have to!”

“I would say it is preferable to do so, but then again, the teacher said it’s okay if you don’t.”

“It’s preferable to do it this way, but if you have a better solution, you are free to try it.”

The word “preferable” is the recommended way to do something, but not mandatory

A: ‘For many homeless people, sleeping in a prison cell is preferable to sleeping out on the street’
‘Doing minimal, light exercise is preferable to not doing any at all’

A: Hi Thanh
Wow, that's a very good question!
Preferable = more desirable - "Visiting Paris is more preferable than visiting Des Moines".
Preferential = getting something extra, an extra advantage or favor. "The rich always get preferential treatment." His family gets treated preferentially because his great grandfather was Viet Minh." This means they get better housing or their children go to the best schools, etc.
It's always preferable to receive preferential treatment!
Let me know if that helps. It is hard to explain.

A: Rate is usually used when you are getting a loan or borrowing something and need to pay a monthly fee. Price is just a fixed price that you pay at the beginning.

Rate: когда Вы выплачиваете ежемесячные
Price- цена

Например:
I got a better rate on my car insurance
The price of this bed is way too high.

A: "Prefer" is relative to someone's opinion. Exact change is preferred. I prefer beans. I prefer tennis over football. It is how you feel about something.

"Favor" is more absolute. If the weather is favorable for sailing, this is an objective truth.

A: preferable person = someone you prefer or want over someone else

personable person = friendly, nice, and likable person

A: "have to" or "need to" are preferable.

We only say "must" if we absolutely need to do it with no option to deny it.

So, I need to go to the shop for vodka because I only have a little left.

I have to go to the beach some day soon because I want a tan.

I must go to the hospital immediately because I cut myself with a chainsaw!

A: I would say, "What is he like?"

"How is he like?" sounds incorrect, but maybe that's just me.

A: いいです、
でも

これはもっと自然です：I prefer memorizing sentences that I favor in readings and recite them. That way, I can converse in English well, without noticing it.

A: When you say, "Just...already" it is usually said out of impatience or frustration. You would not normally use these expressions in plain speech.
So the one about the kids might not be good unless there was a specific problem regarding the situation. And out of the two I'd say .1 is preferable. But if you changed kids to another word it might make more sense.
Say I am at the store and I forgot to bring money. I call home and ask if someone can come with money and help me out. The person I am speaking to is giving me a hard time about it. I get frustrated and finally say, "Gee. Can you just bring the money already?" Like, shut up and just do what I ask, please.
3 and 4 are good. I'd say eitiher one can be used interchangeably.
5 is good. 6 might be better like "Just tell me what you want already!" instead of saying it as a question.

I hope this helps.

A: that's fine, no need to be sorry. In that case it really depends on the person some would say seventy four hundred and some would say seven thousand, four hundred. Both ways are perfectly acceptable and any person who speaks English as a 1st language would understand both ways 😀. I feel seventy four hundred is the more Americised way of saying it, but alot of people even in Australia where I am from say it that way now. So go with whichever way feels most natural for you, we will understand you either way. English is rather versatile and there is alot of ways to say the same thing, and by the sounds of it you are starting to get a pretty good grasp on that versatility 😀

A: I’m afraid I have to disagree with both answers here. Only the second example is correct.

“Preferable than”, like “different than” is an error. Just as “different than” should be “different FROM”, “preferable than” should be “preferable TO”.

“Preferable” already implies comparison and preference over another subject and conveys the meaning of “more than” so there is no need to say “than”. Also, the inclusion of “more” makes it redundant.