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Am I correct in calling "my" and "his" possessive adjectives? They are possessive pronouns.

Isn't "with my best friend and his rather usual girlfriend" a complement. Grammatically yes.
Really don't like this type of exercise... any hints?

Hi,
Depending on how fine a comb we want to use on a sentence and the angle from which we look at a sentence, there is always difference in opinions
I don’t know how far you want to break down this sentence but This is the angle from which I would look at it.



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Hi,
Thanks for the analysis of the sentence. Thereare no different colours on my screen, nevertheless it's think its clear. What I don't understand is the part about the possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives. I understood that possessive pronouns replace nouns and possessive adjectives describe them. So, the possessive pronouns would be: mine, yours, his/hers/its, ours, yours, theirs.

Sorry about the typo -- nevertheless, I think it's clear...

It seems correct to me !

Sorry, my mistake.

I disagree.
My and his are possesive adjectives. They modify nouns (friend and girlfriend) A possesive pronoun can replace a noun. My cannot replace any nouns.
Additonally, "with my best friend and his rather unusual girlfriend" is a prepositional phrase led by the preposition with.
It is an adverbial prepositional phrase.
A subjective complement follows a linking verb.
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i think that both your answers are correct.My and his are possessive adjectives if you want the parts of speech and if you look and that whole part of the sentence then it is a complement yes..

i think that both your answers are correct.My and his are possessive adjectives if you want the parts of speech and if you look and that whole part of the sentence then it is a complement yes..