So the English class teacher is teaching IEEE referencing style, and we have something like this as an example:
Chan [1] claims that...
The teacher said:
The referencing number is followed by the author's last name.
Wait... I thought "A is followed by B" means B follows A, that means A comes first, B comes next.
Has the teacher made an obvious mistake, or is it my fault? (Could I have misheard that?)