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Christanford Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Succeed + to

Hi all,

To this discovery succeeded some others equally mortifying.

Could you explain the use of 'sth succeeds to sth' instead of simply 'sth succeeds sth'?

Thanks in advance.
  

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That's Jane Austen. She wrote that around 1812. A lot of her language is dated, and this "succeeded to" is an example.

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  • That's Jane Austen.
  • She wrote that around 1812.
  • A lot of her language is dated, and this "succeeded to" is an example.
  • com/d/word/succeed ) defines this intrasitive "succeed" thus: "1.
  • To come in the place of one that has died or quitted the place, or of that which has preceded.
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That's Jane Austen. She wrote that around 1812. A lot of her language is dated, and this "succeeded to" is an example. Webster's 1828 dictionary ( http://1828.mshaffer.com/d/word/succeed ) defines this intrasitive "succeed" thus: "1. To come in the place of on
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