Possessive Adjectives

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Possessive adjectives are used to indicate ownership of a noun. Just like possessive pronouns, they indicate the person, the gender and the number.

Possessive adjectives are also known as possessive determiners.

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The possessive adjectives are:

Possessive adjectives	Examples	Possessive pronouns
my	This is my paintbrush.	This is mine. mine = my paintbrush
your	Is this your painting?	Is this yours? yours = your painting
his	This is his design.	This is his. his = his** design The possessive adjective* and the possessive pronoun are the same in this person.
her	Is this her cat?	Is this hers? hers = her cat
its	Look at its eyes!	X No possessive pronoun.
our	This is our workshop.	The workshop is ours. ours = our workshop
your	This is your mess.	This is yours. yours = your mess
their	This is their exhibition.	This exhibition is theirs. theirs = their exhibition