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Off-topic and a minor thing, but "predate" is what predators do to prey. "Pre-date" is what one moment can do to another. At least according to my wife, for who
by DFHippie 8y ago
Off-topic and a minor thing, but "predate" is what predators do to prey. "Pre-date" is what one moment can do to another. At least according to my wife, for whom this matter looms large (she is an editor).
- ambicapter 8y agoThis seems like a preference. Merriam Webster agrees with your wife, Cambridge English and Oxford do not.