any English Profs, or teachers out there? Question for you.

[mamabear]

This is a question on which usage is correct. I said "Gold seems to be the prevalent leaf color this fall", my husband says the correct word is predominant. Even with the dictionary I am not sure which one is correct. Of course I want to be right. (That would be a rare moment indeed!)

 

[Mackaydon]

While you wait for an authority, I'll express my opinion:
It's a tie.
While the use of 'prevalent', meaning dominate, is getting rarer, it is still synonymous with 'predominate' as meaning dominate.

 

[jerseyben]

Both are technically correct but "predominant" is the more "correct" term given the context.

 

[worldtalker]

I used to sleep in English Class. GodBless Chris

 

[packerbacker]

most of the leaves this Fall are gold colored!!...............if you have a problem with that description Butthead, fix your own dinner. Can't I say anything without you trying to correct me? It's constant and I'm getting tired of it.
That's how it goes at MY house although most of our leaves are still green.

 

[mamabear]

Ha! Packerbacker! good answer! I hope there are more replies, this was more fun than I expected.
Chris, I slept during Algebra. The teacher was always drunk & always gave A's