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The possessive pronoun shows who the thing being referred to belongs to or is associated with.

	I	You (singular and plural)	He/She/It	We	They
Possessive Pronouns	mine	yours	his/hers/its	ours	theirs

 

 

In English these pronouns change form to show their function.

	Form
First Person Pronoun
singular	mine
plural	ours
Second Person Pronoun
singular	yours
plural	yours
Third Person Pronoun
singular	his, hers, its
plural	theirs

For example:-

Q. Whose is this web site?
A. It's mine.

Q. Does Lynne own this web site?
A. Yes, it's hers.

Q. Does Lynne own the Internet?
A. No. It's ours.

!Note

my, your, his/her/its, our and their are possessive determiners (sometimes called possessive adjectives).

Watch out for the following:-

Possessive Pronoun	Short Form of 'it is'
its (no apostrophe)	it's (with apostrophe)