Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigThe phrase "a preponderance for" is not correct in standard English usage.
The correct expression is "a preponderance of," which refers to a greater amount or prevalence of something.
Example: "The evidence presented showed a preponderance of support for the new policy among the community members."
Alternatives: "a majority of" or "a greater number of".
Exact(11)
He is known for his "daggy dad" persona, a preponderance for wearing different baseball caps, and a tendency to overuse Australianisms such as "fair dinkum".
These projects were funded by different sources, with a preponderance for the various sub-initiatives of the European Cooperation Programme INTERREG.
Africans (and to lesser degree Caucasians) demonstrated a preponderance for abnormally low and Asians for mostly abnormally high outliers [17].
The mean age of the study children was 9.88 years (SD = 2.47) with a preponderance for males (60.90%).
Whereas men were prone to AFIB and AFLU, female critically ill patients had a preponderance for regular SVT in this analysis.
The greatest gender differences in morbidity with a preponderance for females were for the diagnoses Depression and Anxiety disorders, Osteoarthritis, Migraine, Insomnia, Asthma and COPD, Thyroid gland disorders and Cystitis.
Similar(49)
Namely, coiling propensities correlate with polyproline II content more strongly than with proline content, and given a preponderance of glycines for sufficient backbone flexibility, nonlocal interactions such as electrostatic forces can result in strongly enhanced coiling, which results for the case of resilin in a distinct hump in the force-extension curve.
If there's a preponderance of support for p, then one is required to believe p. Where the evidence speaks, one must listen and obey.
In this study as well, there appeared to be a preponderance of therapies rendered for GERD as well as therapies for multiple etiologies for cough as was noted in our retrospective study [ 8].
A preponderance of Olympic records, for instance, have been set in the evening.
The fundamental problem in the economy, he asserted, is still a preponderance of unneeded capacity for production.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
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.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com