There are two types of pronouns that show possession.
A possessive pronoun takes the place of a noun that belongs to someone or something.
Which one of the following sentences includes a possessive pronoun:
A She stood up for peoples' rights.
B He is a mighty opponent.
C Its paws were caked in mud.
D She will never agree to that.
The answer is none of the above.
Sentence C has the possessive adjective, its(placed before the noun paws).
Sentences A, B, and D each contain the personal pronouns he or she.
There are two types of pronouns that show possession:
Possessive pronouns take the place of a noun that belongs to someone or something.
They are: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.
EXAMPLES
The house with the green door is mine.
The house on the corner is his.
John lost his math book, this book must be his.
Possessive adjectives take the place of possessive nouns to describe a noun as belonging to someone or something. A possessive adjective takes the place of a possessive noun.
They are: my, your, his, her, their, its, our.
EXAMPLES
My house has the green door.
His house is on the corner.
John lost his math book. This must be his book.
The possessive adjective for the personal pronoun it is its (NO apostrophe!).The possessive adjective for the personal pronoun he is his.examples:That dog may be a stray because its collar is missing.Jonathan rode his bicycle to school.
The word 'which' is a pronoun and an adjective.The pronoun 'which' is a relative pronoun or an interrogative pronoun, not a possessive pronoun.Adjectives do not have a possessive form.
Nuestra is the possessive pronoun.
There is no personal pronoun in the example sentence.There is no possessive pronoun in the example sentence.The pronoun in the sentence is her, a possessive adjective.The difference between a possessive pronoun and a possessive adjective is:a possessive pronoun takes the place of a noun for something that belongs to someone or something;a possessive adjective takes the place of a noun and comes just before a noun to describe that noun.Examples:Ms. Kowalski signed her autograph on this theater program.The autograph on this program is hers. (possessive pronoun)
He's is not a possessive pronoun. However, the word his is a possessive pronoun, This is because it shows possession of something. For example, "The book was his".
Example sentences for the third person, objective, personal pronoun her:My mom likes violets so I picked some for her.The doctor said to call her if the problem returns.Example sentences for the possessive adjective her:Lucy brought her brother to the picnic.Her bicycle has a flat tire.Example sentences for the possessive pronoun hers:The car that was hit was not hers.Hers is the car parked across the street.
The possessive adjective for the personal pronoun it is its (NO apostrophe!).The possessive adjective for the personal pronoun he is his.examples:That dog may be a stray because its collar is missing.Jonathan rode his bicycle to school.
The possessive pronoun for the term possessive pronoun is its. Example:A possessive pronoun is useful because itsfunction is to show that a noun in a sentence belongs to something.
The word 'which' is a pronoun and an adjective.The pronoun 'which' is a relative pronoun or an interrogative pronoun, not a possessive pronoun.Adjectives do not have a possessive form.
The possessive pronoun is its (no apostrophe).
To write the ears of a dog as a possessive pronoun, you would say "the dog's ears."
No, it has no possessive pronoun but its is a possessive determiner.The dog has lost its bone.
The pronoun to replace the possessive noun "Alan Foster's" is the possessive pronoun or possessive adjectivehis.Examples:Alan Foster's house is on the corner. (possessive noun)The house on the corner is his. (possessive pronoun)His house is on the corner. (possessive adjective)
The pronoun 'her' is a personal pronoun, a word that takes the place of a noun for a female as the object of a verb or a preposition.The pronoun 'her' is a possessive adjective, a word placed before a noun to describe that noun as belonging to a female.Examples:This is my new puppy. I named her Molly. (personal pronoun)Jane drove her mother to the meeting. (possessive adjective)My sister came to visit and brought the baby with her. (personal pronoun)I asked grandma for her recipe for lasagna. (possessive adjective)I let her borrow my suitcase for her trip. (personal pronoun and possessive adjective)
The pronoun 'his' is a possessive pronoun and a possessive adjective.The corresponding plural possessive pronoun is theirs.The corresponding plural possessive adjective is their.Examples:Jack got a new bicycle. The red one is his. (possessive pronoun)The twins got new bicycles. The red ones are theirs. (possessive adjective.Jack rides his bicycle to school. (possessive pronoun)The twins ride their bicycles to school. (possessive adjectives)
Nuestra is the possessive pronoun.
No it is not. My is a possessive pronoun.