Question

what is a antecedent
Ms. Sue
An antecedent is a word to which a pronoun refers.

Examples (with the antecedent in bold and the pronoun underlined):

<b>Ms. Martin</b> told <u>her</u> class to study for the test.

<b>Terry</b> didn't want to give up <u>his</u> motorcycle.

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http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/pronante.html