In the sentence, "George sold his mower to me," which word is an antecedent?

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George
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His
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Mower
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Me
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In the sentence "George sold his mower to me," the word "George" is the antecedent. An antecedent is a word that is replaced by a pronoun later in the text, and in this case, "his" refers back to "George."