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Antecedent (grammar)

 

Antecedent (grammar)

In grammar, an antecedent is the word to which a relative pronoun refers. In these sentences, the antecedent is in bold:

  • The family that prays together stays together.
  • As I was going up the stair, I met a man who wasn't there...



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