Subject	Possessive
I	Mine
You	Yours
He	His
She	Hers
It	Its
We	Ours
You	Yours
They	Theirs

For example:

• This is my book.
  * In this example, we can substitute "my book" for the possessive pronoun "mine". => This is mine.


• This is your disk and that's mine.
  * Mine substitutes the word disk and shows that it belongs to me.

A possessive pronoun indicates it is acting as a subject complement or a subject of the sentence.

For example:

• The smallest gift is mine.
  This is yours.
  * Here the possessive pronouns acts as a subject complement.


• His is on the kitchen counter.
  Theirs will be delivered tomorrow.
  Ours is the green one on the corner.
  * Here the possessive pronoun acts as the subject of the sentence.

Note : Possessive pronouns are very similar to possessive adjectives.

For example:

• You can borrow my book as long as you remember that it's not yours.
  => The possessive "my" depends on the noun "book."
  => The possessive "yours" is a pronoun which stands in the place of "your book".


• When you drive to Manitoba, will you take your car or theirs?
  => The possessive "your" depends on the noun "car."
  => The possessive pronoun, "theirs," stands in the place of the noun phrase, "their car."

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