Learn English – Is it right to say “what do you prefer to go to work?”

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I created this structure from its possible answers like:

I prefer buses to go to work.what means of transportation do you prefer to go to workWhat do you prefer to go to work?

But on second thought the first sentence seems wrong to me and I should change it to these:

A: What do you prefer to go by to go to work?

B: What do you prefer for going to work?

I know for sure that B is right. Even if it is correct, Can I replace for going to work with to go to work to have:

What do you prefer to go to work?

Best Answer

As a (near-)native speaker, I would say (in no specific order):

How do you get to work?

...or, if you need to indicate preference:

How do you like to get to work?

But this is a little bit more informal.

And if you really want to use "prefer," I would say:

How do you prefer to get to work?

And then, just some other options:

What do you take to get to work?

What do you like to take to get to work?

...although to "go to work" is not wrong, it just sounds "less" natural to me.

Meanwhile, I would not use "by" in any of these instances.

Adding "by" creates (a little) bit of unnecessary confusion.

While grammatically, it may be fine, it's not really necessary.

See how the last example, "What do you like to take to get to work?" is already a bit of a mouthful?

What do you think? Which do you prefer? :D.

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