<h2><strong>Possessive Case</strong></h2>
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<p><strong>Possessive Case</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Singular</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Plural</strong></p>
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<p><strong>First Person</strong></p>
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<p>mine</p>
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<p>ours</p>
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<p><strong>Second Person</strong></p>
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<p>yours</p>
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<p>yours</p>
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<p><strong>Third Person</strong></p>
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<p>his, hers, it</p>
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<p>theirs</p>
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<p>Possessive pronouns express belongingness. Use possessive pronouns when you are talking about the same type of thing that has been mentioned but want to indicate that it belongs to someone else.</p>
<h3>Examples:</h3>
<p>A friend of <strong>yours</strong> called yesterday.</p>
<p>The pen on the cupboard is <strong>mine</strong> not <strong>yours.</strong></p>
<p>My mother cooks better than <strong>hers</strong>.</p>
<p>The solution to our problem was different from <strong>theirs.</strong></p>
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<h3>Please Note:</h3>
<p>No possessive pronoun has an apostrophe. The following are un-English:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">ours', your’s, his’ theirs’</span></p>
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