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Antecedence vs. Antecedents
Antecedence
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The antecedence of the event was a major factor in planning.Historical antecedence often influences current cultural norms.His antecedence in the company gave him an edge in negotiations.
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Antecedents
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The author's past works are the antecedents of this novel.Studying family antecedents can reveal inherited traits.The legal case cited previous rulings as antecedents.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Antecedence and antecedents share the same root but differ in meaning.
- Antecedence refers to the act or fact of preceding in time, order, or logic.
- Antecedents refers to events, conditions, or people's backgrounds that precede another event or condition.
- Remember: antecedence focuses on the concept of being earlier in sequence, while antecedents refers to actual things or people that came before.
- To distinguish, think of antecedence as a singular concept and antecedents as plural elements or instances.
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