Difference between revisions of "Antecedent"
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Latest revision as of 08:46, 6 June 2014
Antecedent refers to a element which determines the reference of another element.
Example
In the sentence "John loves his mother." John is the antecedent of his if his is meant to refer to whatever John refers to (i.e. to John).