Any possessive noun serves as a limiting adjective, limiting something as belonging to a specific person or thing. Examples are:
My mother's car is new. (specifically the car of my mother)
There are towels in the boys' locker room.
We're studying China's history.
You'll find men's shoes on the second floor.
The types of limiting adjectives are:
Articles: the, a, and an.
Numerical adjectives: one, two, three, four, five, first, second, third, next, last, etc.
Pronominal adjectives (pronouns), words that are pronouns when they take the place of a noun and are adjectives when placed just before the noun:
Yes, the possessive form of a proper noun can act as an adjective.
No, the possessive, proper noun McDonald's is a concrete noun, a word for a person, a company, or a store; a word for a physical person or thing.
Troy = noun (proper noun) was = verb (linking verb; past tense) its = possessive adjective (some call this a "possessive pronoun") name = noun (common noun)
The proper adjective for the proper noun 'Celt' is Celtic.Please note that a proper noun and a proper adjective is always capitalized.
"What if your time to finish the essay report is short."The possessive adjective 'your' is placed before the noun 'time' to show that the 'time' referred to is that of the person spoken to.
Yes, the possessive form of a proper noun can act as an adjective.
The word 'your' is not a noun at all. The word 'your' is a pronoun, a possessive adjective. The possessive adjective 'your' is placed before a noun to describe the noun as belonging to the person or persons spoken to.Example: I brought your lunch.
No, the word 'my' is a possessive adjective, not a proper noun. It is used to indicate ownership or belonging to the speaker.
No. It's the possessive form of the proper noun Mary
Dave, often a short form of the given name David, is a proper noun, not an adjective. The possessive form (Dave's) would function as an adjective where necessary.
In the sentence, "You are my sunshine.", there is no proper noun. you = second person pronoun are = verb my = possessive adjective sunshine = common noun
No. There is no associated proper adjective. The possessive noun is Cupid's and there is an adjective for similar functions (Cupid-like). But there is no adjective as there is for Jupiter (Jovian).
No, it is a proper noun, a male given name. It can act like an adjective if it is in the possessive case (William's).
No, the word 'your' is not a noun at all. The word 'your' is a pronoun, a possessive adjective, a word that describes a noun as belonging to you.Examples:You got your chocolate in my peanut-butter!Have it your way!What's in your wallet?The possessive adjective are: my, your, his, hers, its, our, their.
Car is a noun. Jim's is a proper possessive noun that serves as an adjective.
No, it is not. Daryl is a proper noun, a male given name. The possessive noun Daryl's can be used as an adjective.
Icelandic is the proper adjective for Iceland.