#63 antecede

#63 antecede- to go before, precede

- ante- prefix Latin

- antedate, antechamber, antecedent, antediluvian,

- Security will antecede the arrival of the chief of state.

-Everyone wanted to go to the concert to see his, her favourite performer. One uses his, her here because everyone, the antecedent, is singular. (My English teaching is coming out here.) To avoid his,her use people for everyone and then you may use their.

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