precede and previous

Liqichao · #1 (permalink) Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:27 am *precede and previous*

hello everyone,

I know both words refer the meaning of 'before or ahead' in location and actions. and previous is adj and precede is v. can I tell them just by part of speech?

thank you for your answers :D

Alan · #2 (permalink) Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:45 am *precede and previous*

Hi,

'Previous' is an adjective: the previous day= the day before/the preceding day. 'Precede' is a verb as in: Monday precedes Tuesday (comes before).

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Molly · #3 (permalink) Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:23 am *precede and previous*

But how about:

the previous day
the preceding day

How do we use those expressions?

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