Saturday, May 12, 2012

Possessive Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns
sdf
Subject
Object
Possessive Pronoun
I
me
mine
The shirt that I'm wearing is mine
(My shirt is red.)
sdf
Subject
Object
Possessive Pronoun
you
you
yours
Yours is blue.
(Your shirt is blue)
sdf
Subject
Object
Possessive Pronoun
he
him
his
He's not wearing his.
(He's not wearing his shirt.)
sdf
Subject
Object
Possessive Pronoun
she
her
hers
Hers is blue.
(Her shirt is blue.)
sdf
Subject
Object
Possessive Pronoun
it
it
its
The strawberry is red.
Its skin is red.
("Its" is hard to use as a possessive pronoun. It's often better to use the possessive adjective instead.)
student
sdf
Subject
Object
Possessive Pronoun
we
us
ours
This is our website.
This website is ours.
sdf
Subject
Object
Possessive Pronoun
you
you
yours
Those uniforms of yours look great.
sdf
Subject
Object
Possessive Pronoun
they
them
theirs
My dog is brown.
Theirs are gold.
Note: it's also possible to say, "Theirs is gold," if they have just one dog. A possessive pronoun is singular or plural depending on the antecent. An "antecedent" is the word or words to which the pronoun refers.

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