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edited 22 September at 8:27AM in Standard online competitions
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From Monday 22nd September 2025 at 00:01 am (the “Start Time”) to Sunday 5th October 2025 at 23:59 pm (“End Time”)

QUESTION: Which season proceeds Autumn?

 Summer
 Winter
 Spring

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  • Comping_Rich
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    edited 22 September at 8:27AM
    woodie49 said:
    Just a quick question isn’t it winter that proceeds Autumn 
    Yes you are correct. Got proceed and precede mixed up. Will correct now.

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    Please be nice to all MoneySavers. That’s the forum motto. Remember, the prime aim is to help provide info and resources. If you don’t like someone, their situation, their question or feel they’re intruding on ‘your board’ then please bite the bullet and think of the bigger issue. A Guardian article once "doffed its cap" to this forum as being the one place where consumers can collect together and fight back. Our job is to help keep it that way.

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  • liloleali
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    This confused me. Summer precedes Autumn, Winter succeeds Autumn.
  • gdmoney
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    liloleali said:
    This confused me. Summer precedes Autumn, Winter succeeds Autumn.
    I have messaged them to ask if they have mixed up proceeds and precedes. "Which season proceeds Autumn?" does not make sense.
  • Comping_Rich
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    Google AI overview 

    Winter proceeds or follows autumn, marking a regular, repeating cycle of seasons where the colder, shorter days of winter come after the transition of autumn. During this time, temperatures become colder, days grow shorter, and many trees shed their leaves, preparing for the winter



    Posting is a privilege, not a right. This is a privately-owned site. Posting is a privilege, not a right. Any inappropriate posts or any issues that take up a disproportionate amount of resources or make it a worse place to be will be stopped at our discretion - with or without explanation. No one pays to use this site; when there are issues, we pay to resolve them. Sometimes we need to prioritise spending money on the site, other issues or better resources.
    Please be nice to all MoneySavers. That’s the forum motto. Remember, the prime aim is to help provide info and resources. If you don’t like someone, their situation, their question or feel they’re intruding on ‘your board’ then please bite the bullet and think of the bigger issue. A Guardian article once "doffed its cap" to this forum as being the one place where consumers can collect together and fight back. Our job is to help keep it that way.

    Facebook = FB | Twitter/X = TW/X | Instagram = IG | Threads = THS | Snapchat = SC

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    Raffle site = RS 




  • gdmoney
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    Also Google AI overview.
    "Did you mean: Winter precedes or follows autumn."
    "Winter follows autumn..."

    Google
    "No results found for "Winter proceeds autumn"."


  • Comping_Rich
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    ChatGPT

    Me: Which season proceeds Autumn?
    ChatGPT said:

    The season that follows (proceeds after) Autumn is Winter.

    If you meant "precedes" Autumn (comes before it), that would be Summer.


    Posting is a privilege, not a right. This is a privately-owned site. Posting is a privilege, not a right. Any inappropriate posts or any issues that take up a disproportionate amount of resources or make it a worse place to be will be stopped at our discretion - with or without explanation. No one pays to use this site; when there are issues, we pay to resolve them. Sometimes we need to prioritise spending money on the site, other issues or better resources.
    Please be nice to all MoneySavers. That’s the forum motto. Remember, the prime aim is to help provide info and resources. If you don’t like someone, their situation, their question or feel they’re intruding on ‘your board’ then please bite the bullet and think of the bigger issue. A Guardian article once "doffed its cap" to this forum as being the one place where consumers can collect together and fight back. Our job is to help keep it that way.

    Facebook = FB | Twitter/X = TW/X | Instagram = IG | Threads = THS | Snapchat = SC

    Rafflecopter = RC | Gleam = GL | LinkedIn = LI | TikTok = TT | YouTube = YT

    Pinterest = PIN | Twitch = TWH | Discord = DIS | Viral Sweep = VS | Sweep Widget = SW

    Raffle site = RS 




  • gdmoney
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    ChatGPT

    Me: Which season proceeds Autumn?
    ChatGPT said:

    The season that follows (proceeds after) Autumn is Winter.

    If you meant "precedes" Autumn (comes before it), that would be Summer.


    Good luck if you are relying on Chat GPT for the answer to any competition questions as oppose to common sense which would suggest that the question setter has confused precedes and proceeds. 

    Even Chat GPT recognises that the verb proceed is intransitive, i.e. it does not take a direct object, so that "Which season proceeds Autumn?" is grammatically incorrect.

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