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What is the antecedent for (words)

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In grammar, an antecedent is a word that another word refers back to. That word is technically called a proform, and while English allows for types of antecedents based on many parts of speech, such as pro-verbs and pro-adverbs, it is far more common for a pronoun to refer to an antecedent.

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