Questions tagged [possessive-pronouns]
this tag is for questions about possessive pronouns such as "mine", "ours", "yours", "his", "hers", "its", "theirs".
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Can possessive pronouns take the saxon genitive (i.e., "mine's")?
In a sentence like "My friend's grandfather's life was probably easier than mine's", is "mine's" a correct replacement for "my granfather's life", or do I really need to ...
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Possessive pronoun or possessive adjective when giving options, only one of which is first-person
I thought that I knew when to use "my" and "mine" respectively. However I was writing an email to ask a someone to visit either me or my colleague at work and now I'm not so sure.
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Is "ones" in this sentence grammatical?
I encountered the "ones" functioning as a possessive pronoun in this context:
In the individual, this cultural context is expressed in terms of ones attitudes, beliefs, personality ...
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your many books, Those some people - can we use determiners this way?
I have your many books.
I have many books of yours.
Those some people are about to come.
Some of those people are about to come.
I know that the 2nd version of each example is correct but I don't ...
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It doesn't mean that only the marketers made customers purchase their products/ their own products? [closed]
"He made him buy his products."
"It doesn't mean that only the marketers made customers purchase their products."
who do these possessive pronouns refer to? is it the doer who ...
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What does “their” mean in this sentence?
What does the last segment here mean?Who does "their(1-2)" references?
|subject| + verb + \direct object\ + preposition (usually to or for) + /indirect object/
|those invested with ...
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Can the word "friend" act as a title?
Do I necessarily need to insert the possessive pronoun her in the following sentence or can I just skip it?
Karen, a person, does X together with (her) friend Juliette.
I see that it's uncommon, but ...
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How old are you—if you don’t mind me/my asking? [duplicate]
How old are you—if you don’t mind me asking?
How old are you—if you don’t mind my asking?
In TOEFL tests, 'my asking' was correct because 'my' is in a possessive case having 'asking' as an object, ...
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possessive pronouns
Is it possible to say like that:
It is quite surprising because in my country parents complain about their children being lazy more than about their being online.
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...their children's being lazy ...
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Which sentence is correct? (In spite of) [duplicate]
As the title has suggested, I'd like to know which sentence using "in spite of" is correct:
John keeps working in spite of him feeling unwell.
John keeps working in spite of his feeling ...
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"you and your" vs "your and your"
At one point, you and your teammate's pokemons register a very low HP (1).
At one point, your and your teammate's pokemons register a very low HP (2).
Which of the two sentences is correct?
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how to understand the "to his" in this sentence
In my own research, complaints from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his.
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Pronoun usage in "Did you enjoy his playing the violin?" [duplicate]
Why is the pronoun "his" used in this sentence?
"Did you enjoy his playing the violin?"
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The use of possesive pronouns with gerunds in the passive voice
Can I use possessive pronouns with gerunds in the passive voice?
In the active voice, a gerund modified by a possesive pronoun would sound like this, for example: "I didn't like his going to New ...
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Which sentence is correct: "I hope you and her are fine." or "I hope you and she are fine."?
Between the two sentences:
I hope you and her are fine.
I hope you and she are fine.
Which one is correct and why?
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