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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Adjectives
what's the difference between a possessive adjective and a possessive pronoum?
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As far as I understand, a possessive adjective is placed before a noun : This is his car . A possessive pronoun cannot have a noun after it: This car is his . However, in many European countries terminology is different and the term possessive adjective isn't used at all and consequently his is always considered a pronoun.
- As far as I understand, a possessive adjective is placed before a noun : This is his car .
- A possessive pronoun cannot have a noun after it: This car is his .
- However, in many European countries terminology is different and the term possessive adjective isn't used at all and consequently his is always considered a pronoun.
- This grammatical terminology dates from old Latin grammar usage.
- CB
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As far as I understand, a possessive adjective is placed before a noun:
This is his car.
A possessive pronoun cannot have a noun after it: This
This is his car.
A possessive pronoun cannot have a noun after it: This
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I think the original post was referring to possessives in general, not just 'him'.
Trad grams called my, your, his/her/its, our, your, their possessive adjectives. However, in many modern grammars they came to be called possessive pronouns, which strictly speaking is incorrect because they do not function as pronouns at all (they don't replace nouns or noun phrases
Trad grams called my, your, his/her/its, our, your, their possessive adjectives. However, in many modern grammars they came to be called possessive pronouns, which strictly speaking is incorrect because they do not function as pronouns at all (they don't replace nouns or noun phrases
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