Antecedents
* Antecedents is a word to which a pronoun refers.
EX.
- Trees purify the atmosphere around them.
In this sentence, them refers to trees at the beginning of the sentence.
* The antecedent and the noun in a sentence must agree in gender and number.
EX.
- Jake rides his bicycle to school.
- THe dog wagged its tail.
* If the antecedent is an indefinite pronoun ( someone, anybody ) then a masculine pronoun is used.
EX.
- Everybody must follow his dreams.
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