What Possessive Pronouns can do?

Possessive Pronouns are the types of pronoun which replaces the noun and takes ownership of something in the sentence. For example, mine, yours, his, hers, etc. It is also called “Absolute Possessive Pronoun” or “Strong Possessive Pronoun”.

In simple words, the Possessive pronoun describes who owns it and replaces the noun to avoid repetitions in the sentence. Let us consider a few examples of Possessive Pronouns to make it clearer to understand.

Example Sentence: Your phone has more features than my phone.

Let us break the sentence into different segments based on the Parts of Speech. We all know that a sentence contains a subject (S), verb (V) and object (O).

Sentence Structure: Your phone (S) + has (V) + more features than my phone (O).

So, the above sentence can be simpler by replacing the words “my phone” with the possessive pronoun “mine” in the object segment.

Possessive Pronoun: Your phone has more features than mine.

Note: Also note that the Possessive pronouns can be either,

To learn more about sentence structure and its rules, then click here.

A sentence can be defined as a set (or group) of words which gives proper meaning to it. It is also defined as a group of words which gives a complete message, either it may be an idea, expression or interrogation (question).

Possessive Pronouns List

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More Possessive Pronouns Examples

Below are a few examples of Possessive Pronouns that can be used to refer to understand this topic better.

Possessive Pronouns based on the Gender

These type of pronouns usage in the sentence varies based on various factors such as,

The below table refers to the pronouns based on the gender and person’s point of view in brief.

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Possessive Adjective vs Possessive Pronouns

The possessive adjective may look similar to the possessive pronouns, but they work differently, and this might create some confusion while learning. So, let us understand the difference between them.

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Also Read: What is a Pronoun? | Pronoun Definition and Examples (2025)

The pronoun is a part of speech which replaces the repeated Noun in the sentence. For example, he, she, it, we, they, you, etc. The concept of Pronoun is introduced so that the Noun can be replaced, and it has the same function as a Noun.

Rules of Possessive Pronoun

Rule 1: This type of pronoun should be used to describe the ownership and to avoid repetition in the sentence.

Below are a few examples that can be referred to.

Example Sentences:

Rule 2: This type of form is the same for both singular and plural forms.

Below are a few examples that can be referred to.

Example Sentences:

Rule 3: We shouldn’t use nouns after Possessive pronouns.

Below are a few examples that can be referred to.

Example Sentences:

From the above sentence, we can observe that the noun (books) is used after the possessive pronoun (ours) which is an incorrect use.

Rule 4: Possessive pronouns will never have an apostrophe.

Below are a few examples that can be referred to.

Example Sentences:

1) A common mistake: its vs. it’s

Here, “it’s” is the short (contraction) form of “it is” and “its” is used to show the ownership of the book.

2) We shouldn’t use apostrophes for ‘ours’, ‘yours’, ‘hers’ and ‘theirs’.

Here, “hers” is used to show the ownership of the dress. There is no word for “her is” for “her’s”. So it is not a contraction form, and it is incorrect to use.

Quiz Time!

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Summary

Possessive Pronouns

Here are a few points to summarize the whole topic which we have mentioned till now.

If you are interested to learn more, then you can refer to Wikipedia here.

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