👉 Antecedency is a concept in linguistics that refers to the order of events or statements. It is one of the three basic elements of syntax, along with declension and inflection. In other words, antecedency describes how sentences are organized within a larger body of text, based on their relationship to each other. Antecedents precede them in the sentence, and they are usually followed by their respective objects or subjects. For example: - The cat sat on the mat. -
