Conditional of préférer

Question

Why was "préférerais" marked wrong when it is what I believe to be the conditional, i.e. second "e" has an acute accent not a grave as you has said.

Maarten Kamp · Accepted Answer

Patricia, 
both spellings are correct and acceptable. 
https://french.kwiziq.com/questions/view/french-spelling-reforms-of-1990
 
Looking at the lesson, they are also both listed as accepted options, with “ préférerais “ actually listed first when I ran through it. 
Might be worth rechecking the response and ‘ marking ‘ and submit a comment directly to the help desk if necessary. 
 https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/conjuguer/A9P3990

Cécile Janty-Davies · Answer

Patricia, 
Just to add to Maarten's answer, I have checked and both spellings should be accepted. If this is not the case, please contact us via the report-it feature on your correction board.