SuStel:

> However, you never established the antecedent in the first

> place

What is an antecedent ?

In this context, an antecedent is a word which that appears before (ante) a pronoun, to which the pronouns refers. I see the captain. He seems fine. In that sentence, the captain is the antecedent of the pronoun he.

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