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Pronouns and Determiners - Personal Possessive Pronouns and Determiners

Possessive pronouns refer to ownership or similar relations between people and objects.

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Categorized English Pronouns and Determiners
mine

used for referring to something that belongs to or is related to the person who is speaking

[pronoun]
yours

used for referring to something that belongs to or is related to the person who is being spoken to

[pronoun]
his

used to show that something belongs to or is associated with a male person or thing

[pronoun]
hers

used for referring to something that belongs to or is related to a female person or animal that has already been mentioned or is known

[pronoun]
ours

used for referring to something that belongs to or is related to a group of people that includes the speaker

[pronoun]
theirs

used for referring to something that belongs to or is related to a group of people who are not the speaker or the listener

[pronoun]
my

(first-person singular possessive determiner) of or belonging to the speaker or writer

[determiner]
your

(second-person possessive determiner) of or belonging to the person or people being spoken or written to

[determiner]
her

(third-person singular possessive determiner) of or belonging to a female human or animal that was previously mentioned or one that is easy to identify

[determiner]
his

(third-person singular possessive determiner) of or belonging to a man or boy who has already been mentioned or is easy to identify

[determiner]
its

(third-person singular possessive determiner) of or belonging to a thing or an animal or child of unknown sex

[determiner]
our

(first-person plural possessive determiner) of or belonging to a speaker when they want to talk or write about themselves and at least one other person

[determiner]
their

(third-person plural possessive determiner) of or belonging to people, animals, or things that have already been mentioned or are easy to identify

[determiner]
whose

used to show that the thing mentioned belongs to a particular person or thing

[determiner]
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