# Subsequents and their relationship to antecedents

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subsequents-and-their-relationship-to-antecedents/177554>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 26, 2003, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subsequents-and-their-relationship-to-antecedents/177554 "2003-05-26T10:00:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![xvxdarkknightxvx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/34f0e0/32.png) [@xvxdarkknightxvx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xvxdarkknightxvx)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subsequents-and-their-relationship-to-antecedents/177554/1 "2003-05-26T10:00:17Z")

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So many questions I’m asking tonight, but I have off because of Memorial Day, and I’m kind of bored. Is there any such thing as subsequents? I guess in my definition, a subsequent would be like an antecedent, but flipped the other way around in a sentence. For example, in the sentence “It won’t be the principal’s office you visit,” the noun that “It” refers to, the “office,” follows the pronoun, thus making “It” a subsequent. Is it possible that usage in this sense is allowed, or would this just be improper grammar? I promise I’m going to bed after this one. 😃

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**Author:** ![xvxdarkknightxvx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/34f0e0/32.png) [@xvxdarkknightxvx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xvxdarkknightxvx)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subsequents-and-their-relationship-to-antecedents/177554/2 "2003-05-26T10:01:34Z")

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Heh, a grammar question and I can’t even use it correctly. “ **Are** there any such things as subsequents?”