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what is mean is his/her

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

okay both of them are possessive pronouns but ... so "his" is a possessive form of 'he' and her is a possessive form of 'she' as well as you can use them as a determiners which means that the could be used to talk about something that belongs to or is connected with someone who has already been mentioned or who the person you are talking to already knows about ... for instant :  ""He broke his arm while playing football with his children .""

Dave Phillips · Answer

Anonymouswhat is mean is his/her

When his/her is written the writer doesn't know if the item(s) belongs to a male of female person. By putting both no offense is caused to whoever reads it.

Frostwhite · Answer

Moneerokay both of them are possessive pronouns

I think you are mistaken. They're actually possessive adjectives.

BarbaraPA · Answer

From: http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000023.htm

Certain pronouns called possessive pronouns show ownership. Some are used alone; some describe a noun.
Used alone: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs, whose
Correct: That computer is hers.
Modify noun: my, your, his, her, its, our, their, whose

Correct: That is her computer.

From wikipedia:
A possessive pronoun is a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Part_of_speech that substitutes for a and a noun. For example, in the sentence These glasses are mine, not yours, the words mine and yours are possessive pronouns and stand formy glasses and your glasses, respectively. Like other http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronoun, possessive pronouns can thus obviate the need to repeat nouns or noun phrases. (Sometimes the possessive determiners – my, your etc. – are themselves classified as possessive pronouns; ... While some classify the words my, your etc. as possessive adjectives,^[2] others, due to the differences noted above, do not consider them adjectives – at least, not in English – and prefer possessive determiners.

Frostwhite · Answer

Hi GG!

I think I have to change my grammar books then.

Thanks for the new information.

Frostwhite · Answer

But then GG, whose "some" should I believe in?<img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/37.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/37.gif' alt='Emotion: thinking'/>

BarbaraPA · Answer

I'd say both are correct -- but saying that either one is incorrect is where the problem comes in.

Frostwhite · Answer

For that reason, I have to apologize.

Our teachers and books don't tell us that thing.

BarbaraPA · Answer

No worries, frostwhite.

I still learn things here too.

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