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- What question do you ask to find a possessive pronoun?
- What do possessive pronouns agree with?
- What impact do possessive pronouns have?
- Why don't we use the possessive pronoun its?
What question do you ask to find a possessive pronoun?
The question word "whose" is used to ask to whom something belongs. "To whom" or the more informal "Who does X belong to" is used with the verb belong to ask the same question. You can answer these questions using possessive adjectives and nouns: Whose car is this? - It's her car.
What do possessive pronouns agree with?
Agreement with the antecedent
The possessive pronoun (or determiner) must show correct pronoun-antecedent agreement in person, gender, and number.
What impact do possessive pronouns have?
In our study, the possessive pronoun (my or his) had two functions: developing ownership and making the following noun self- or other-related content. When two kinds of ownership were created by the two possessive pronouns respectively in both CE and PE, difference between “my” and “his” perspectives occurred.
Why don't we use the possessive pronoun its?
Its is the possessive form of "it." In a nutshell: It's is always a contraction, so if you can replace it's with "it is" or "it has," then keep that apostrophe on there. It's appropriate! If you try to replace its with "it is" or "it has" and it doesn't make sense, don't use it.
