POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS Infinite Learning Lab Form

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Possessive pronouns in English. I have a book. This is my book. MY is a possessive adjective The book is mine. MINE is a possessive pronoun. What is a possessive pronoun and when do we use them? Look at the sentence. This book is my book, not your book. Here the word book is repeated three times so it sounds very repetitive. We already know we're talking about a book so we can replace my book and your book with possessive pronouns. We can say: This book is mine, not yours. Mine replaces my book. Yours replaces your book. Now it doesn't sound repetitive. It sounds more natural. This book is mine, not yours. Mine and yours are possessive pronouns. A possessive pronoun replaces a possessive adjective + noun to avoid repeating information that is already clear. Look at these sentences: This is my book. These are my books. In the second sentence, books is plural. Notice how the possessive adjective MY does not change when it comes before a singular noun or plural noun. It is always the sam