Possessive Pronoun

	I	You (singular and plural)	He/She/It	We	They
Possessive Pronouns	mine	yours	his/hers/its	ours	theirs

The possessive pronoun shows who the thing being referred to belongs to or is associated with.

In English these pronouns change form to show their function.

For example:-

Q. Whose is this web site?
A. It's mine.

Q. Does Lynne own this web site?
A. Yes, it's hers.

Q. Does Lynne own the Internet?
A. No. It's ours.

!Note

my, your, his/her/its, our and their are possessive determiners (sometimes called possessive adjectives).

Watch out for the following:-

Possessive Pronoun

Short Form of 'it is'

its

(no apostrophe)

it's

(with apostrophe)