Possessive Pronoun shows Possession
Possessive Pronoun is used to show possession. It is a part of speech. In the sentence, Possessive Pronoun is used instead of a noun phrase to avoid repetition of a noun phrase
We can use Possessive Pronouns depending upon-
- Person– first-person- mine, second person- yours or third person- his, hers
- Number– singular number-mine, yours, her, his or plural number- ours, yours and theirs
- Gender- male- his or female- hers.
The possessive pronouns in English are in the following table.
| Subject | Possessive Pronouns |
|---|---|
| I | Mine |
| We | Ours |
| You | Yours |
| He | His |
| She | Hers |
| It | Its |
| They | Theirs |
Two forms of Possessive cases
There are two forms of possessive cases.
Possessive objects Possessive Pronouns
My Mine
Your Yours
Her/his/its Her/his
Our Ours
Your Yours
Their Theirs
We use Possessive Pronoun instead of Noun Phrase
Possessive pronouns give clarity sounding good. In a sentence, the possessive pronoun takes the place of noun phrase.
Here are some examples. Possessive pronouns are in bold letters.
- Read these articles. My article is the most informative.
- Read these articles. Mine is the most informative. (the word ‘mine ‘ took place of ‘my article’ )
- My bag is small. Your bag is big.
- My bag is small. Yours is big. ( ‘your bag’ is replaced by ‘yours’)
- All pictures are good but his picture is the best.
- All pictures are good but his is the best. ( ‘his picture’ is replaced by ‘his’)
- My office is at Churny road, yours is at Central.
- I don’t like a blue coloured sofa but yours is awesome.
- There are so many projects in the exhibition. Their project is beautifully designed.
- There are so many projects in the exhibition but theirs is beautifully designed. (‘theirs’ replaces ‘their project’)
- That blue car is ours and not theirs.
- All dresses are nice. Her dress is the most beautiful.
- All dresses are nice but hers is the most beautiful. (‘hers’ replaces ‘her dress’)
We use possessive adjectives with nouns as adjectives.
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• Personal
• Emphatic
• Relative
• Indefinite Pronouns
