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antecedent

[an-tuh-seed-nt] / ˌæn təˈsid nt /


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Clear Antecedent All nine members of the school board voted in favor of changing the district’s mascot.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Unclear Antecedent In Smith’s essay, she explains why many American families have less money saved and more debt than families in the 1970s.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Antecedent cases of successful sedition are quoted to justify subsequent failures.

From Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy

The mind deduced from its first experiences the notion of a general Cause or Antecedent, to which it shortly gave a name and personified it.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

Where the Sex, though specified, is overlooked as of small importance, the Personal or Possessive Pronouns follow the Gender of the Antecedent.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander




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