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What is the antecedent to an interrogative pronoun?

An interrogative pronoun doesn't have an antecedent.

Here's why:

* Antecedents are the nouns or pronouns that a pronoun refers back to. For example, in the sentence "The cat chased its tail," "cat" is the antecedent of the pronoun "its."

* Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions. They stand in for the unknown information being sought. Examples include *who, whom, whose, what, which, where, when, why, how*.

Since interrogative pronouns are used to seek information, they don't refer to a previously established noun or pronoun.

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