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Select the antecedent of the pronoun in the following sentence.

The strikers will return to work when the union representative have completed THEIR negotiations.

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The pronoun used in the given sentence above is the word "their". The antecedent of the given pronoun is the word "Union Representatives". An antecedent is usually the noun that is being referred by the pronoun in the sentence. A pronoun is being used in order to avoid repetition of the noun.
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