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Read the sentence. The blouse that I bought had a missing button. Which word functions as the antecedent to the relative pronoun in this sentence? that blouse bought missing
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Read the sentence.

The blouse that I bought had a missing button.

Which word functions as the antecedent to the relative pronoun in this sentence?

that
blouse
bought
missing

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The answer is blouse. An antecedent functions as a noun that logically precedes another. The relative pronoun in the sentence is the word "that" because it relates the subject to the predicate. This is used to connect a clause to a noun.
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