Sentence examples for * the antecedent from inspiring English sources

Reagan is the antecedent Palin would prefer.

But what was the antecedent — what was the "it"?

The Yip Harburg rule of agreement: if you're not near the antecedent you love, you use the antecedent you're near. 5.

Based on these results, they calculate the antecedent moisture conditions.

In either case, a is the antecedent and b the consequent.

These included rainfall depth and the antecedent baseflow.

As with all conditional claims, if the antecedent is false, then the entire claim is invalidated.

Yet the antecedent they themselves claim puts the gesture in a different light.

They cannot be removed by listing them in the antecedent, though some "explicitating" response is possible.

Ken Paul e-mails: "The antecedent of who is 'the few,' and thus the verb should be have".

The most ancient name for these arteries of travel seems to be the antecedent of the modern way.