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The phrase "a precursor to" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use this phrase when you are describing an event or action that comes before something else and serves as an indication of the thing that follows. For example: The researchers' discovery of a new type of bacteria was a precursor to unlocking some of the mysteries of the human digestive system.
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That could be a precursor to lower interest rates.
"It's not necessarily a precursor to male baldness.
"Are the protests at residences a precursor to violence?
It's a precursor to politics, a way of controlling people.
We like to describe it as a precursor to eggnog".
Might Singapore's offer be a precursor to an Asian fund?
"I am not a precursor to the draft," he said.
It is often a precursor to more severe disease.
Consider it a precursor to the summer Warm Up parties.
But consistency is a precursor to faith, I tell him.
A precursor to the failure of the real thing?
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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