Forewarn is a funny word. Forewarn – to warn in advance.
Warn – to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: Sally was warned that her life was in danger.
Aren’t all warnings (not just forewarnings) given in advance? If you warn Sally that her life is in danger once she’s dead, it wouldn’t be a very effective warning would it?
This reminds me of the George Carlin bit on the prefix ‘pre.’ “That's another complaint of mine, too much use of this prefix pre…it's all over the language now. Pre this, pre that. Place the turkey in a preheated oven...it's ridiculous. There are only two states an oven can possibly exist in, heated or unheated.”
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