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Preferisco uno stile che non è superficiale.

Preferisco uno stile che non è superficiale.
I prefer a style that is not superficial.
From Lesson 286:Abstract nouns from adjectives (il bello, il nuovo)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Preferisco uno stile che non è superficiale.

How would I use the grammar from this lesson to say 'I prefer the superficial'?
You would take the masculine singular definite article il and combine it with the adjective to create an abstract noun: Preferisco il superficiale. In our example sentence, however, superficiale is just acting as a normal adjective modifying uno stile.
Why does this sentence use uno stile instead of un stile?
Because stile is a masculine noun starting with an 'impure s' (an s followed by another consonant, t in this case). These nouns always take uno as their indefinite article and lo as their definite article.
Why is the verb conjugated as preferisco rather than prefero?
Preferire belongs to a group of -ire verbs that add -isc- to the stem in the present tense for all singular forms and the 'they' form. Other common verbs that follow this pattern include capire (to understand) and finire (to finish).
Stile is masculine, so why doesn't the adjective end in an 'o' (superficialo)?
Superficiale is part of a group of adjectives that end in -e in the singular. These adjectives do not change based on gender, so you say uno stile superficiale (masculine) and una persona superficiale (feminine). In the plural, they both change their ending to -i.

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