Possessive pronouns take the place of possessive adjective + nouns. Possessive pronouns are never followed by a noun. Let's take a look at the following two examples, one which uses a possessive adjective and one which uses a possessive pronoun:
- Possessive Adjective sentence: It's my book.
- Possessive pronoun sentence: It's mine.
These two sentences mean the same thing. However, the possessive pronoun gives a little less information.
A possessive pronoun has to agree with the possessive adjective that it replaces. Possessive pronouns only have one form, so they stay the same whether its plural or singular.
- Possessive Adjective sentences
- My car is huge.
- My cars are huge.
- Possessive Pronoun Sentences
- Mine is huge.
- Mine are huge.
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