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He likes pizza, but he doesn’t like pasta.

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Sentence

Narrator

He likes pizza, but he doesn’t like pasta.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Advice

You might like pizza, but you may not like pasta; tastes vary.

Describing Habits

He always orders pizza, never pasta.

Asking About Others

Does she prefer pizza or pasta?

Sharing Hypotheticals

If he had to choose, he'd pick pizza over pasta.

Rephrased versions

Formal

He has a preference for pizza, but not for pasta.

Casual

He's into pizza, but not pasta.

Simpler English

He likes pizza, not pasta.

Phrases to learn

likes pizza

Enjoys eating pizza.

doesn’t like pasta

Disapproves of or does not enjoy eating pasta.