Editing Pronoun (section)

===== Antecedents =====
The following sentences give examples of particular types of pronouns used with antecedents:

*Third-person personal pronouns:
**'''''That poor man''' looks as if '''he''' needs a new coat.'' (the noun phrase ''that poor man'' is the antecedent of ''he'')
**'''''Julia''' arrived yesterday. I met '''her''' at the station.'' (''Julia'' is the antecedent of ''her'')
**''When '''they''' saw us, '''the lions''' began roaring'' (''the lions'' is the antecedent of ''they''; as it comes after the pronoun it may be called a ''postcedent'')
*Other personal pronouns in some circumstances:
**'''''Terry and I''' were hoping no one would find '''us'''.'' (''Terry and I'' is the antecedent of ''us'')
**'''''You and Alice''' can come if '''you''' like.'' (''you and Alice'' is the antecedent of the second – plural – ''you'')
*Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns:
**'''''Jack''' hurt '''himself'''.'' (''Jack'' is the antecedent of ''himself'')
**'''''We''' were teasing '''each other'''.'' (''we'' is the antecedent of ''each other'')
*Relative pronouns:
**'''''The woman who''' looked at you is my sister.'' (''the woman'' is the antecedent of ''who'')

Some other types, such as [[indefinite pronoun]]s, are usually used without antecedents. Relative pronouns are used without antecedents in [[free relative clause]]s. Even third-person personal pronouns are sometimes used without antecedents ("unprecursed") – this applies to special uses such as [[dummy pronoun]]s and [[generic they|generic ''they'']], as well as cases where the referent is implied by the context.