Soal Precede vs. Proceed

Pengertian Precede dan Proceed

Precede dan proceed sama-sama merupakan verb (kata kerja) yang kerap menimbulkan kebingungan karena meskipun bukan homophone (kata-kata yang pelafalannya sama namun artinya berbeda) namun memiliki kemiripan sound (pelafalan).

Precede berarti “to come/go before” (mendahului), dimana bentuk past tense-nya preceded; sementara proceed bermakna “to go forward or go on” (maju, meneruskan) dimana bentuk past tense-nya proceeded.

Beberapa Contoh Kalimat Precede dan Proceed

No	Contoh Kalimat Precede dan Proceed
1	Several geological events preceded the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. (Beberapa peristiwa geologis mendahului letusan tahun 1980 gunung St. Helens.)
2	The dinner will be preceded by a short speech. (Makan malam tersebut akan didahului oleh sambutan singkat.) passive
3	Our plan is proceeding perfectly. (Rencana kita berjalan dengan sempurna.)
4	The prosecutors may decide that the case will not proceed further. (Jaksa mungkin memutuskan kasus tersebut tidak akan melangkah lebih jauh.)

Exercises:

• Soal Precede vs. Proceed

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References:

1. Precede and Proceed. http://grammar.about.com/od/words/a/precedegloss.htm. Accessed on August 7, 2015.
2. Precede/Proceed. https://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/precede.html. Accessed on August 7 2015.
3. Proceed/Precede. http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/top-10-commonly-confused-words-vol-2/proceed-precede.html. Accessed on August 7, 2015.
4. Proceed. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proceed. Accessed on August 8, 2015.