Letter: `Prior' knowledge
Letter: `Prior' knowledge
Sir: Whatever became of "before"? Almost everywhere I hear and see "prior to". Even Miles Kington has been known to use it. Why use two words when one suffices? What next - leg prior to wicket?
BERNARD SHARP
Keighley, West Yorkshire
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