- What is an example of a antecedent?
- What are examples of antecedents in sentences?
- What are some antecedent words?
- What are the types of antecedent?
What is an example of a antecedent?
For example, in the phrase “He needs to go outside,” he could be a dog or a person who's been stuck in the house all day. “The dog's been barking for hours—he needs to go outside.” In this sentence, the antecedent, the dog, makes it clear who he is.
What are examples of antecedents in sentences?
The noun or noun substitute that a pronoun refers to is called its antecedent. For example, in the sentence: Chelsey finished her presentation, "Chelsey" is the antecedent and "her" is the pronoun.
What are some antecedent words?
Some common synonyms of antecedent are anterior, foregoing, former, preceding, previous, and prior. While all these words mean "being before," antecedent applies to order in time and may suggest a causal relation.
What are the types of antecedent?
Antecedents with Demonstrable/Demonstrative Pronouns
this (singular) that (singular) these (plural) those (plural)