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Possessive adjectives and Possessive pronouns
Definition: • Possessive adjectives: Possessive adjectives are determiners that modify a noun by attributing possession and/or ownership. • Possessive pronouns: Possessive pronouns replaces a noun, another pronoun or a possessive adjective. They are used to make sentences less repetitive. It also shows ownership, but in a different way.
Examples – Possessive adjectives: 1. That is my car. 2. This is her notebook. 3. This is his pencil. 4. These are our seats. – Possessive pronouns: 1. That car is mine. 2. The notebook is hers. 3. The pencil is his. 4. The seats are ours.
How to use them? • The possessive adjective goes before the noun. • That is my car. Possessive adjective
Noun
• The possessive pronoun goes after the noun. • That car is mine. Noun
Possessive pronoun
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Pronouns
Example
Possessive adjectives
my, your, his, her, its, our, their.
My pink jacket.
Possessive pronouns
mine, yours, hers, his, its, ours, theirs.
I think that jacket is yours.
References: • Possessive determiner. (n.d.). Retrieved from Wikipedia.org: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possessive_d eterminer • University of Ottawa. (n.d.). The parts of speech. Retrieved from University of Ottawa web site: http://arts.uottawa.ca/writingcentre/en/hyp ergrammar/the-parts-of-speech
Prepared by: • Cristabel R. Ocasio Ilarraza • Nirazette L. González Abella