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# Title Terms Date
1Meyer's Pronouns and Antecedentsby TarrahMeyer134 termsSeptember 24, 2009
2what is an antecedentby tumblebugg102 termsNovember 15, 2009
3Pronoun/Antecedent Agreementby hbanana10 termsNovember 29, 2007
4THE SUBJUNCTIVE WITH INDEFINITE ANTECEDENTSby cadiz10 terms2 days ago
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5Grammar, set 4, includes antecedent and spliceby seanreed18 termsNovember 14, 2009
6Necessary and Sufficient Conditions or Antecedent and Consequentby lsatwarrior18 termsAugust 7, 2009
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antecedent definitions
# Definition Sets
1a preceding occurrence or cause or event37 sets
2the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun34 sets
3one that precedes another31 sets
4the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers20 sets
5a previous thing or event; a predecessor20 sets
6the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.19 sets
7someone or something that went before; something that provides a model for something that came after it18 sets
8something that came before18 sets
9a thing or event that precedes17 sets
10coming before in place or time17 sets
11n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.17 sets
12the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers.14 sets
13something that comes before13 sets
14every pronoun refers back to a previous noun or pronoun12 sets
15a thing or event that precedes another11 sets
16prior11 sets
17going before in time11 sets
18preceding; prior10 sets
19the noun to which a later pronoun refers10 sets
20preceding a cause10 sets
21(n.) something that came before (the great tradition of western culture had its ___ in the culture of ancient greece.9 sets
22anything that logically goes before something else9 sets
23going before8 sets
24the noun to which a pronoun refers8 sets
25n. something that exists before another8 sets
26a previous thing or event, a predecessor7 sets
27one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.7 sets
28preceding in time or order7 sets
29going before; preceding7 sets
30word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun7 sets
31a preceding circumstance, event, occurrence or phenomenon7 sets
32the noun to which a later pronoun refers.7 sets
33the noun that a pronoun replaces6 sets
34(n) something that comes before another thing (the boston tea party was antecedent to the amer. revolution)6 sets
35a word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to6 sets
36that which goes before something else6 sets
37the word to which a pronoun refers6 sets
38going before; preceding; an occurrence or event preceding another6 sets
39the word that the pronoun replaces6 sets
40a preceding occurrence or cause; preceding in time or order6 sets