The possessive pronouns take the place of a noun that belongs to someone or something. The possessive pronouns: mine, yours, hers, his, its, ours, theirs.
The possessive adjectives are words that describe a noun. Possessive adjectives are usually just before the noun it describes. The possessive adjectives: my, your, his, hers, its, our, their.
Example uses:
Pronoun: John lost his math book, this book must be his.
Adjective: John lost his math book, this must be his book.
Troy = noun (proper noun) was = verb (linking verb; past tense) its = possessive adjective (some call this a "possessive pronoun") name = noun (common noun)
it is a noun or a adjective.
noun or adjective
In that sentence your is an adjective, or a possessive pronominal adjective.
Author's is a possessive noun.
it is an part of speech that located in the adjective that is possessive adjective
Sleepy is an adjective; it modifies nouns.
I want to say a possessive noun is treated as an adjective. "The beer is Joe's" or "The beer is COLD". It seems to function as an adjective. However, I believe that a possessive noun technically remains a noun in the genitive case. "The beer is (of Joe)".
possessive adjective adverb
Troy = noun (proper noun) was = verb (linking verb; past tense) its = possessive adjective (some call this a "possessive pronoun") name = noun (common noun)
Noun
It is an adjective.
Cat is a noun.
Country's is a possessive noun.
A possessive noun.
It is the possessive form of the noun father.
Apprehensive is an adjective.