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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
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example is better than precept

Today I come across the sentence (example is better than precept).

From the dictionary :

precept =noun [C] FORMAL
a rule for action or behaviour, especially obtained from moral consideration:

But still I cannot understand the bold sentence.

Could you explain it?
  

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It is easier to learn from real world examples than from rules.

  • It is easier to learn from real world examples than from rules.
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It is easier to learn from real world examples than from rules.
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User_garyToday I come across the sentence (example is better than precept).

From the dictionary :

precept =noun FORMAL
a rul
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Parents always try and educate their children to have good morals, and often tell them things that they wish them to reflect on, but because they do not give them the proper way to do it, their words are useless. So pretend there is a small child in a village. At home, the child's father says to him, "You mustn'

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