Timeline for Term for pronouns for which it is unclear what they refer to
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| Sep 5, 2022 at 16:19 | comment | added | John Lawler | "Antecedent" (Latin for 'coming before') is the term for the noun or noun phrase that relative clauses modify. In the man who came to dinner, the relative clause who came to dinner has a relative pronoun who which refers to the antecedent man. I.e, the man = who. Both restrictive (integrated) and non-restrictive relatives, with or without comma, have antecedents. In fact, all pronouns have antecedents, which usually come before the pronouns, except in special cases like Before she was elected president, Marilyn used to curse a lot. | |
| Sep 5, 2022 at 10:09 | history | edited | dclxvispqr | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Adding a reference to something that didn't need one.
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| Sep 5, 2022 at 9:00 | vote | accept | Wrzlprmft | ||
| Sep 5, 2022 at 8:59 | comment | added | Wrzlprmft | Thank you for your answer. Can you please edit it to add some references for this term? | |
| Sep 4, 2022 at 23:43 | history | answered | dclxvispqr | CC BY-SA 4.0 |