Talk:following

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"Following are the main ones:"[edit]

What meaning is used in the sentences in which following is followed by verbal inversion? --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:55, 11 December 2019 (UTC)Reply

Postnominally: that proved highly beneficial for many years following. Backinstadiums (talk) 21:20, 25 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Usage note[edit]

So does, for example, the next two --Backinstadiums (talk) 08:39, 26 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

Preposition: vs. after[edit]

Gowers ( 1965) condemned it in cases where the connection between the two events is ‘merely temporal’ without an element of consequence, and the preposition after would serve --Backinstadiums (talk) 08:46, 26 August 2021 (UTC)Reply