French A-Level
L'antécédent
What L'antécédent means in French A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of L'antécédent
The noun or pronoun to which a relative pronoun refers, determining the gender and number of the relative clause.
Topics that use L'antécédent
- Grammar (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Morphosyntactic Precision
- Register and Stylistic Variation
- Syntactic Complexity
- L'inversion sujet-verbe
- La concordance des temps
- Le gérondif
- Les connecteurs logiques
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