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Discover LudwigThe phrase "already prevent" is not a grammatically correct construction and is not commonly used in written English.
The word "prevent" is typically followed by a noun or gerund form of a verb, not by "already." Here are some examples of correct and appropriate uses of "prevent": - I took my vitamins to prevent getting sick. - The new security measures are designed to prevent theft. - Our goal is to prevent pollution by reducing our carbon footprint. If you want to use "already," you could rephrase the sentence to say: "I have already taken steps to prevent getting sick." or "The security measures have already prevented theft." In both of these examples, "already" is used to emphasize that the action has already been completed or is in progress.
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Several federal economies, including America, already prevent companies from exploiting the differences between states' rules.
In a deal that illustrates how limited frequencies already prevent expansion, Cingular Wireless and VoiceStream Wireless said yesterday that they would share frequencies in California, New York and Nevada.
Laws already prevent federal funds from being used for abortions.
The economics of waste already prevent our most common waste streams from being captured and recycled, let alone reintegrated into a circular production cycle.
Current breastfeeding rates already prevent almost 20,000 deaths from breast cancer each year, a number which could be doubled with improved breastfeeding practices.
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He claimed the bill already prevented cherry-picking by the private sector and extended accountability.
Mario Monti, the European commissioner for competition, has already prevented several big mergers.
Contraception already prevents 112 million abortions a year, by U.N. estimates.
The legal limbo has already prevented her from reuniting with her family in Turkey.
But even so, the EU already prevents government from allowing British companies any special status when tendering for contracts.
So in an overall population, Gardasil is never going to prevent more cervical cancers than you are already preventing with a screening programme," Harper told the Guardian.
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