What is a plural possessive pronoun?

Answer 1

There are two types of pronouns that show possession:

Possessive pronounstake 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 adjectivestake the place of a possessive noun 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.

Answer 2

A possessive pronoun takes the place of a noun that belongs to someone or something.

The possessive pronouns are mine, yours, his, hers, its ours, theirs.

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For example: The house on the corner is ours.

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A possessive adjective describes a noun. A possessive adjective is placed in front of the noun it describes.

The possessive adjectives are my, our, your, his, her, its.

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For example: Our house is on the corner.

Answer 3

A possessive pronoun takes the place of a noun that belongs to someone or something.

The possessive pronouns are mine, yours, his, hers, its ours, theirs.

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For example: The house on the corner is ours.

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A possessive adjective describes a noun. A possessive adjective is placed in front of the noun it describes.

The possessive adjectives are my, our, your, his, her, its.

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For example: Our house is on the corner.

Answer 4

There are two types of pronouns that show possession:

Possessive pronoun, a word that takes the place of a noun that belongs to someone or something.

The possessive pronouns are: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.

Possessive adjective, a word that describes a noun as belonging to someone or something. Possessive adjectives are placed just before the noun that they describe.

The possessive adjectives are: my, your, his, her, their, its.

Examples:

My brother lives on this street. The house on the corner is his. (possessive pronoun)

My brother lives on this street. Hishouse is on the corner. (possessive adjective)

Answer 5

A possessive pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun that belongs to someone or something.

A plural possessive pronoun takes the place of a noun that belongs to two or more people or things.

The plural possessive pronouns are ours, yours, theirs.

Examples:

The house with the blue trim is ours.

Class, yours was the winning entry.

Theirs will be ready in a minute.

Note: The possessive pronoun 'yours' functions as both singular and plural.

A possessive pronoun should not be confused with a possessive adjective.

A possessive adjective is placed before a noun to indicate that the noun belongs to a specific person or thing.

The plural possessive adjectives are: our, your, their.

Examples:

The house with the blue trim is ours. (possessive pronoun)

Our house has the blue trim. (possessive adjective)

Answer 6

A possessive pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun that belongs to someone or someone.

The possessive pronouns are: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.

Example uses:

The blue car is his, the red car is hers, and the car with the ticket on the windshield is mine.

A possessive adjective is a word that describes a noun as belonging to someone or something. Possessive adjectives are normally placed just before the nouns that they describe.

The possessive adjectives are: my, your, his, her, their, its.

Example uses:

His car is the blue one, her car is the red one, my car is the one with the ticket on the windshield.

Answer 7

There are two types of pronouns that are used to show possession:

The possessive pronouns are words that take the place of a noun that belongs to someone or something.

Possessive pronouns: mine, yours, hers, his, its, ours, theirs

Example sentence: The Browns live on this street, the house on the corner is theirs.

The possessive adjectives are words that describe a noun. Possessive adjectives are placed just before the noun it describes.

Possessive adjectives: my, your, his, hers, its, our, their

Example sentence: The Browns live on this street, their house is on the corner.

Answer 8

No, the word 'there' is not possessive. The pronouns that show possession are spelled their and theirs.

The pronoun 'their' is a possessive adjective, a word that takes the place of a possessive noun.

The pronoun 'theirs' is a possessive pronoun, a word that takes the place of a noun that belongs to two or more people or things.

Examples:

We painted the children's room.

Or: We painted their room.

The room we painted was the children's.

Or: The room we painted was theirs.

Many dictionaries designate the word 'there' as a pronoun when it introduces a sentence or a clause, usually followed by a form of the verb 'to be'; for example: There are four children.

Answer 9

A possessive noun is a word that replaces another word.For example instead of saying Pablo rode pablos bike to school it would be Pablo rode his bike

Answer 10

There is not a pronoun. I believe you are thinking of the word THEIR, which is the possessive pronoun.