Tham khảo tài liệu 'knowledge vocabulary5', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | file C Temp livres commonerrors errors PRECEDENCE PRECEDENTS Although these words sound the same they work differently. The pop star is given precedence over the factory worker at the entrance to the dance club. Precedents is just the plural of precedent If we let the kids adopt that rattlesnake as a pet and agree to let them take it for a walk in Death Valley we ll be setting some bad precedents. PRECIPITATE PRECIPITOUS Both of these adjectives are based on the image of plunging over the brink of a precipice but precipitate emphasizes the suddenness of the plunge precipitous the steepness of it. If you make a precipitate decision you are making a hasty and probably unwise one. If the stock market declines precipitously it goes down sharply. PREDOMINATE PREDOMINANT Predominate is a verb In the royal throne room the color red predominates. Predominant is an adjective The predominant view among the touts is that Fancy Dancer is the best bet in the third race. PREDOMINATELY PREDOMINANTLY Predominantly is formed on the adjective predominant not the verb predominate. PREEMPTORY PEREMPTORY Peremptory meaning imperative is often misspelled and mispronounced preemptory through confusion caused by the influence of the verb preempt whose adjectival form is actually preemptive. Preemptory exists only as an obscure legal term you re not likely to have use for. PREFERABLY Although some . dictionaries now recognize the pronunciation of preferably with the first two syllables pronounced just like prefer --first E long and and the stress on the second syllable--the standard pronunciation is PREFFerublee with the first syllable stressed just like in preference. The alternative pronunciation sounds awkward to some people. PREJUDICE PREJUDICED People not only misspell prejudice in a number of ways they sometimes say he s prejudice when they mean he s prejudiced. See also bias biased. PREMIER PREMIERE These words are respectively the masculine and feminine forms of the .
