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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Difference

difference between
her mother or his mother
his son or her son
  

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Anonymous her mother or his mother his son or her son "His" and "her" are possessive adjectives/pronouns. If you used these expressions in complete sentences, the difference would become obvious. There is a second, unnamed person involved in each of your examples.

  • Anonymous her mother or his mother his son or her son "His" and "her" are possessive adjectives/pronouns.
  • If you used these expressions in complete sentences, the difference would become obvious.
  • There is a second, unnamed person involved in each of your examples.
  • John asked his mother if he could go out.
  • " She told her son that he could not go out.
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Anonymousher mother or his mother
his son or her son
"His" and "her" are possessive adjectives/pronouns. If you used these expressions in complete sentences, the difference would become obvious.

There is a second, unnamed person involved in each of your examples.

John asked his mother if he could go o

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