An antecedent is

A) The first pronoun in a sentence
B) The noun that a pronoun refers back to
C) The pronoun that a noun refers back to

my answer is B but for some reason it looks like it could be C

1 answer

B. is correct. The antecedent is the noun, not the pronoun.
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