Possessives: pronouns
| Subject |
Object |
Possessive adjective |
Possessive pronoun |
| I |
Me |
My |
Mine |
| You |
You |
Your |
Yours |
| He |
Him |
His |
His |
| She |
Her |
Her |
Hers |
| It |
It |
Its |
- |
| We |
Us |
Our |
Ours |
| They |
Them |
Their |
Theirs |
We can use a possessive pronoun instead of a full noun phrase to avoid repeating words:
- Is that John's car?
- No, it's mine. (NOT No, it's [my car].)
- Whose coat is this?
- Is it yours? (NOT Is it [your coat]?)
- Her coat is grey.
- Mine is brown. (NOT [My coat] is brown.)
We can use possessive pronouns and nouns after of. We can say:
- Susan is one of my friends. > Susan is a friend of mine.
- (NOT Susan is a friend of me.)
- I am one of Susan's friends. > I am a friend of Susan's.
- (NOT I am a friend of Susan.)