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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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English Vocab
Is "Jack preponderates his pizza because he was starving" a proper sentence?
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I think you have grossly confused preponderate with ponder. Preponderate is to be weighed-down, outweigh, exceeding/greater in force, power or number (than something else). "
- I think you have grossly confused preponderate with ponder.
- Preponderate is to be weighed-down, outweigh, exceeding/greater in force, power or number (than something else).
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I think you have grossly confused preponderate with ponder.
Preponderate is to be weighed-down, outweigh, exceeding/greater in force, power or number (than something else). It is where we get the more common word preponderance, as in, "A preponderance of the evidence was against him."
Preponderate is to be weighed-down, outweigh, exceeding/greater in force, power or number (than something else). It is where we get the more common word preponderance, as in, "A preponderance of the evidence was against him."
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It doesn't make sense. Preponderates means "to be greater in number, influence, or importance".
Jack is more important than his pizza because he was starving.
If you replaced preponderates with a suitable verb, such as guzzles/guzzzled, and made the tenses match, it would be fine.
Jack guzzled his pizza because he was
Jack is more important than his pizza because he was starving.
If you replaced preponderates with a suitable verb, such as guzzles/guzzzled, and made the tenses match, it would be fine.
Jack guzzled his pizza because he was
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I would add that although "preponderance" is not a very uncommon, I have lived a rich, full life of many decades and never seen the word "preponderate" before.
I would not rank it as a word you should make sure you have ready to use. Learning new words is good, of course, and I would never discourage someone from leaning new words, but there are probably a few thousand that would be more
I would not rank it as a word you should make sure you have ready to use. Learning new words is good, of course, and I would never discourage someone from leaning new words, but there are probably a few thousand that would be more
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