Level: beginner
Subject | Object | Possessive adjective | Possessive pronoun |
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I | me | my | mine |
you | you | your | yours |
he | him | his | his |
she | her | her | hers |
it | it | its | - |
we | us | our | ours |
they | them | their | theirs |
Be careful! |
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Possessive pronouns do not have an apostrophe:
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We can use a possessive pronoun instead of a full noun phrase to avoid repeating words:
Is that John's car?
No, it's mine. (INSTEAD OF No, it's [my car].)Whose coat is this?
Is it yours? (INSTEAD OF Is it [your coat]?)Her coat is grey.
Mine is brown. (INSTEAD OF[My coat]is brown.)
- Possessives: pronouns 1
Level: intermediate
We can use possessive pronouns and nouns after of. We can say:
Susan is one of my friends. > Susan is a friend of mine.
(NOT Susan is a friendof me.)I am one of Susan's friends. > I am a friend of Susan's.
(NOT I am a friendof Susan.)
- Possessives: pronouns 2
Hello Alveiro7,
I think this question is rather too abstract for us to deal with in the comments sections. It would require a lot of definitions and explanation.
Perhaps you have a particular example you are uncertain about. We'll be happy to comment on it if so.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Mohsen.k77,
There is a difference between individually and one by one.
When you do something individually, you do it by yourself rather than working in a group.
When people do something one by one, each person waits until the previous person has finished before they start. You could imagine the students standing in a line, waiting for their turn.
One by one can also refer to a set of tasks. For example, if students have a reading text and several tasks to do with it, a teacher might instruct them to do the tasks one by one, which means doing them in sequence. In other words, the studetnts should not start the second task until they have finished the first, and not start the third until they have finished the second.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Backlight
The plural form is not correct here because you've used the indefinite article 'a', which is only used with singular nouns. But in general the 'of hers' form can be used with both singular and plural nouns. For example, if you were speaking to several people, you could say 'Are you classmates of hers?' to them and that would be correct.
All the best
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Mohsen.k77
The examples above say a friend of Susan's -- note the 's at the end of Susan. If you wanted to use a pronoun in the place of Susan, you'd have to use hers: a friend of hers.
In the case of the phrase you found in the dictionary, that is a use specific to the word fan, in other words, it is like an exception. We talk about fans of a person or team followed by 's, but not with fan. In fact, we often use a noun + noun combination with fan: an Elvis Presley fan.
I hope this helps.
All the best
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi Maha Leila,
Could you write out what you mean, please? I don't completely understand what you are suggesting, which makes it difficult for me to help you. Please write the sentence as you think it should be written and I'll try to explain it for you.
Thanks in advance.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi pencil,
Both are correct. One or the other might be more natural -- it really depends on the context and how much emphasis (if any) you want to make as the speaker.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Prap,
Sentence A is correct. Possessive pronouns like 'yours' are preceded by 'of' when they qualify a noun (e.g. 'a friend of yours'), but that is not the case here.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Dev.D,
The correct answer is 'makes' because 'smile' is a singular count noun. If it were plural then we would use a plural verb:
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team