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Antecedents of Pronouns & Dangling Constructions Antecedents of Pronouns In English grammar, an antecedent is a word that will be replaced by another word later in the sentence. Most often the word replacing the antecedent is a pronoun. In the sentence, "When Marcel went out in the rain, he got wet," "Marcel" is the antecedent to the pronoun "he." Understanding the antecedent-word relationship is crucial to grasping how English works. 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. An antecedent comes before a pronoun. A pronoun and its antecedent must agree in gender and number. For example, if the antecedent is singular and female, the pronoun must refer to a single female. If the ant...