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Possessive Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns. Possessive Pronouns . We use possessive pronouns to refer to a specific person/people or thing/things (the "antecedent") belonging to a person/people (and sometimes belonging to an animal/animals or thing/things). We use possessive pronouns depending on:.

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Possessive Pronouns

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  1. Possessive Pronouns

  2. Possessive Pronouns • We use possessive pronouns to refer to a specific person/people or thing/things (the "antecedent") belonging to a person/people (and sometimes belonging to an animal/animals or thing/things).

  3. We use possessive pronouns depending on: • number: singular (eg: mine) or plural (eg: ours) • person: 1st person (eg: mine), 2nd person (eg: yours) or 3rd person (eg: his) • gender: male (his), female (hers) Notice that each possessive pronoun can: • be subject or object • refer to a singular or plural antecedent

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  5. Examples: • Look at these pictures. Mine is the big one. (subject = My picture) • I like your flowers. Do you like mine? (object = my flowers) • I looked everywhere for your key. I found John's key but I couldn't find yours. (object = your key) • My flowers are dying. Yours are lovely. (subject = Your flowers) • All the essays were good but his was the best. (subject = his essay) • John found his passport but Mary couldn't find hers. (object = her passport)

  6. Examples: • Here is your car. Ours is over there, where we left it. (subject = Our car) • Your photos are good. Ours are terrible. (subject = Our photos) • Each couple's books are colour-coded. Yours are red. (subject = Your books) • I don't like this family's garden but I like yours. (subject = your garden) • These aren't John and Mary's children. Theirs have black hair. (subject = Their children) • John and Mary don't like your car. Do you like theirs? (object = their car)

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