Liveinjapan  +  629425 Sat, 03 Jan 09 04:24 AM If you want to cancel lessons of a month, please let us know before the 20th of the previous month. Is my sentence correct? Can prevvious be replaced with either prior or preceding? Thanks. Liveinjapan Joined on Sun, Feb 4 2007 Osaka, Japan Senior Member 2,280 Please feel free to correct any words I wrote.LiJ Sentences

	Ratiatum  +  629448 Sat, 03 Jan 09 07:21 AM Yes this is fine.  Previous (note only 1 's') is the best possibility here.  'Preceding' is also possible. 'Prior' cannot be used here.  It is not very common.  It collocates with 'engagement' ("I'm afraid I can't come to the meeting as I have a prior engagement/commitment" - in other words, I have an other commitment that I organised before you asked me to come to the meeting). Ratiatum Joined on Tue, Dec 9 2008 New Member 24 Marriage, Relationships