Fluent and Query Expression — Is there any benefit(s) of one over other?

Question

LINQ is one of the greatest improvements to .NET since generics and it saves me tons of time, and lines of code. However, the fluent syntax seems to come much more natural

Answer 1

I prefer to use the latter (sometimes called "query comprehension syntax") when I can write the whole expression that way.

var titlesQuery = from e in entries
                  where e.Approved
                  orderby e.Rating
                  select e.Titles;

var title = titlesQuery.FirstOrDefault();

As soon as I have to add (parentheses) and .MethodCalls(), I change.

When I use the former, I usually put one clause per line, like this:

var title = entries
    .Where (e => e.Approved)
    .OrderBy (e => e.Rating)
    .Select (e => e.Title)
    .FirstOrDefault();

I find that a little easier to read.