Have you ever asked yourself "If I can postpone something why can't I prepone it?" Well, you definitely can. It's just that sometimes we are not aware of the word. Prepone is an everyday word in India, where meetings, elections, weddings, movie releases, exams, court cases, and more are preponed all the time: http://google.com/news?q=prepone%7Cpreponed%7Cprepones%7Cpreponing
This week's collection features five words that are lesser-known counterparts of more common words. prepone (pree-PON) verb tr. To reschedule an event to an earlier time. [Modeled after the word postpone, from Latin pre- (before) + ponere (to put).] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Realising a long gap, the Election Commission today decided to prepone to February 23 the counting of votes ... which was originally scheduled for February 27." Counting in Haryana Advanced to Feb 23; Outlook (New Delhi, India); Feb 17, 2008. Sponsors' messages: See a map of your word in the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=h7q A spa on your iPod! Relax while you access the inner resources you need to make your goals into reality. http://innovativehypnotherapy.com/51101.html You value your students and we value YOU! For superior online learning, earn a master's from The University of Scranton. http://uscranton.com/WS ............................................................................ I believe I found the missing link between animal and civilized man. It is us. -Konrad Lorenz, ethologist, Nobel laureate (1903-1989) Discuss this week's words on our bulletin board: http://wordsmith.org/board Remove, change address, gift subs: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/prepone.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/prepone.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/prepone.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
