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Almost certainly not. It would be a possessive pronoun: His book, his car, his crazy ideas. The subject could be the noun (book, car, ideas).
- Almost certainly not.
- It would be a possessive pronoun: His book, his car, his crazy ideas.
- The subject could be the noun (book, car, ideas).
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Almost certainly not. It would be a possessive pronoun: His book, his car, his crazy ideas. The subject could be the noun (book, car, ideas).
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It could be.
Do you like his book or mine? ~ His is more exciting. [Here, "his" would be the subject.]
Do you like his book or mine? ~ His is more exciting. [Here, "his" would be the subject.]
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However, in the example you give, "his" is shorthand for "his book"--"book" is understood to still be the subject.
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In the grammatical terminology I am familiar with his can be the subject of a gerund. This would also be in keeping with the thinking of those who consider a gerund a noun:
I insisted on his coming along.
Without his the subject of the gerund is the same as that of the finite verb:
I insisted on coming along.
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I insisted on his coming along.
Without his the subject of the gerund is the same as that of the finite verb:
I insisted on coming along.
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