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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Letter Writing

Is the sentence is right or wrong

We may now precede the process for taking legal action against the client.
  

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It's wrong. Anonymous We may now precede the process for taking legal action against the client. To "precede" A with B is to place B before A.

  • It's wrong.
  • Anonymous We may now precede the process for taking legal action against the client.
  • To "precede" A with B is to place B before A.
  • To precede X is to come/go before X, in time or in space.
  • She preceded me in the ticket line.
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It's wrong.
AnonymousWe may now precede the process for taking legal action against the client.
To "precede" A with B is to place B before A. To precede X is to come/go before X, in time or in space.

She preceded me in the ticket line.

I believe you mean "proceed."

We may now proceed with the process etc

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