An antecedent in a sentence is the word to which a later pronoun refers. In the sentence "Bob jumped up and the cat scratched him" the noun Bob is the antecedent to the pronoun 'him.'
e.g The sentence did not contain a clear antecedent.
It can also mean something that goes before, such as ancestors or the earlier events of your life.
The antecedent of 'he' in the sentence is 'Cory', as it refers back to the subject of the sentence.
The antecedent of "it" would be the noun or phrase that "it" is referring to in a sentence. Without the full sentence provided, it is difficult to determine the specific antecedent of "it."
Phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience. something that comes before....
The pronoun antecedent is the noun that the pronoun replaces. The noun either precedes the pronoun in the same sentence, a previous sentence, or is known to the speaker and those spoken to.For example:"When George got to 19th Street, he got off the train." "George" is the antecedent of the pronoun "he.""Students in on-line classes have to keep up with their assignments." The word "students" is the antecedent of the word "their."
Antecedent means coming before something else. Oral storytelling is the antecedent to modern fiction.
No. The word "he" is a pronoun. The antecedent would be the word that "he" referred to, as in the sentence "Bob dropped the book as he ran for the bus" where "he" refers to Bob.
An antecedent is the word that a pronoun is describing. For example: Jenny is my mom. She is a great person. She is the pronoun, and Jenny is the antecedent. Ask on!
Antecedent means coming before something else. The study of phrenology was an antecedent to modern neurology.
A pronoun takes the place of a noun called the antecedent.
Yes, the noun that a pronoun takes the place of is called the antecedent.
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It was the meanest winter anyone on the island could remember, with each storm worse than its antecedent.