Which do you prefer: third person limited or first person point of view?

No preference . As long as the story is good .

I love first person, mainly because in my own short stories that is the point of view I usually write from. It's much more personal than the third person point of view, and gives the reader the opportunity to really know and understand one specific character, and how he or she sees the world. I find that to be a lot easier to relate to, and novels written in this style tend to hit me harder. I do still love third person novels, though. I just feel that, from a writer's perspective, it takes more work when writing in third person to get inside the characters' heads and tell the story, since the focus ends up being on multiple people.

I am a huge fan of reading and I personally always prefer reading in the first person. I think its easier to understand and just all around better. Take Twilight as an example thats written in the first person. Now do you think it would be better in the third person? I don't think it would be, It would ruin the whole book.

I prefer third person limited, personally. I like books with the distance away from overwhelming emotions so that I can focus on the overall story that the author is painting.

I kinda agree with cathrl69 and Kathyrn W. A combination of the two would be great. In Hp, an inner monologue IS given, though not in the way you just explained. Maybe it would be better this way. 'Eliza bit her nails nervously. She wondered if the teacher would find out she'd changed her grade. Fear twisted her stomach painfully at the thought of being expelled.' I dont really like the third person expressing the character's thoughts as an adress to the reader. It interrupts my 'vision' of what I'm reading.

I like to write in third person omnicent because you can see all the characters points of view and what they're thinking but when i write i always start writing in third person and end up writing in first and have to go back and fix everything

I prefer the third person when I'm reading. I like it because when it's first person you only get that characters thoughts, but when it's third person you get insight into more of the characters.

I like both. They both have advantages. First person seems to be very engaging right away. Third person you can get multiple points of view from other characters.

first person point of view, because you get to know what the character is thinking at the moment, and because third person kinda spoils things when you know something the main character doesn't.

I like both. But lately I've went more for the books written in first person. They're interesting because you can know everything that only ONE character is thinking, and you get to know them as if they're one of your friends...if that makes sense... =]

I like first person but only because of how you get to know that specific persons thoughts.