Posted by honey on Monday, March 10, 2008 at 4:47pm.
An antecedent is a word to which a pronoun refers.
Examples (with the antecedent in bold and the pronoun underlined):
Ms. Martin told her class to study for the test.
Terry didn't want to give up his motorcycle.
Check this site for more information.
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/pronante.html
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