POSSESSIVE FORM
211. You will note in these sentences above that we have used the pronoun my and your and his and her as my principles, your friend, his rights, her freedom. This is the possessive form of these personal pronouns, the form that denotes ownership or possession. You remember that nouns had a possessive form, a form to denote possession or ownership, as, The man's book. The boy's school. The worker's college. So pronouns also have a possessive form which we use to show that an object belongs to such and such a person or thing. If I want to tell you that I own or possess a home, I say, I own my home. Each personal pronoun has its possessive form, thus:
| Singular |
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| Subject Form | Possessive |
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| First person. | I | My, mine |
| Second person. | You | Your, yours |
| Third person. | He, she, it. | His, her, hers, its |
| Plural |
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| Subject Form | Possessive |
|---|
| First person. | We | Our, ours |
| Second person. | You | Your, yours |
| Third person. | They | Their, theirs |