antecedent

A pronoun’s antecedent is the noun which the pronoun is replacing.

Jeb did not want to tell Ron about the money which he had just won.

Here, the antecedent of “he” is Jeb.

Note: in logic, an antecedent is a term used to refer to part of a hypothetical.

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