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Possessive Pronouns



esosh
Turkey

Possessive Pronouns
 
Dear colleagues,
I �m going to teach �possessive pronouns � in a couple of days and I was looking for some worksheet here as usual. What I �d like to know is that in some books it is written that �it � hasn �t got the possesive pronoun form (and this is what I �ve taught so far in my career) but here in some worksheet this isn �t the case. I �d really be grateful if a native speaker could help. Thanks in advance and enjoy your Sunday evening...

20 Dec 2009      





baiba
Latvia

What about its? It has always existed. Look at http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/poss.htm

1. Forms of Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives

Person Pronoun Adjective
1st singular mine my
2nd yours your
3rd (female) hers her
3rd (male) his his
3rd (neutral) its its
1st plural ours our
3rd plural theirs their

I have found a video which explains these things http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRK2tDfYD5s&feature=player_embedded

20 Dec 2009     



Malvine
Latvia

What about "Oxford and its university"? Though, it �s actually a possessive ADJECTIVE, not a possessive PRONOUN. I can hardly imagine anybody say "This bowl is its" (say, about a cat). At the same time, "the cat and its bowl" sounds OK.

21 Dec 2009     



Spagman63
Hong Kong

Its is the possessive form of it.  The dog hurt its leg.  Nowadays, they are called possessive adjectives.

21 Dec 2009