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Between the following two sentences which one, if any, is correct and idiomatic?

All of these options are/sound/look interesting to me, however among the choices I prefer the most to do X.

All of these options are/sound/look interesting to me, however among the choices I prefer mostly to do X.

Best Answer

In US English, there's really no good idiom but a casual way of expressing that in speech might be,

For activities:

They all sound good, but I'd rather X.

For things:

They all look good, but I like that one -or- X