What is the difference between the possessives of nouns and the possessives of personal pronouns?

Answer 1

Possessive nouns are formed by adding -'s for singular possessives and plurals not ending in -s, and -' for the possessive of plurals that end in -s .

Example singular possessive nouns:

• the cover of the book = the book's cover
• the teacher of our class = our class's teacher
• the coat of the child = the child's coat
• the shoes of the man = the man's shoes
• the house of my neighbor = my neighbor's house

Example plural possessive nouns:

• the covers of the books = the books' covers
• the assembly of classes = the classes' assembly
• the coats of the children = the children's coats
• shoes for men = men'sshoes
• the houses of the neighbors - the neighbors' houses

Possessive pronouns never have an apostrophe. There are two types of possessive pronouns:

Possessive pronouns take the place of a noun that belongs to someone or something.

They are: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.

• Example:The chicken is yours and the tuna is mine.

Possessive adjectives describe a noun as belonging to someone or something. A possessive adjective is placed just before the noun it describes.

They are: my, your, his, her, their, its.

• Example: How is yourchicken? My tuna is delicious.

Answer 2

The possessives of nouns show ownership or relationship to something else (example: "John's car"), while the possessives of personal pronouns indicate who something belongs to (example: "his car"). The main difference is that the possessives of nouns use an apostrophe + s, while possessives of personal pronouns have specific forms (like my, your, his, her, its, our, their).