How we use possesive & reflexive pronouns?
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
Possessive pronouns show ownership of a person, place, or thing. A noun must be used before a possessive pronoun. Possessive pronouns replace nouns.
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE
| singular | plural |
|---|---|
| my yours his her its | our your their |
POSSESSIVE PRONOUN
| singular | plural |
|---|---|
| mine yours his hers its | our your their |
“My” is a possessive adjective, always stands before a noun.
Use of a possessive adjective without a noun is impossible. In this situation, the use of a possessive pronoun is needed instead.
This is my piggy bank!
This piggy bank is mine.
This is my ticket and that is yours.
What do you think about his idea? I prefer hers.
Let’s go in your car. Ours has broken down.
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
In English, a reflexive pronoun has a different form for every person:
| emphatic & reflexive pronoun – singular | emphatic & reflexive pronoun – plural |
|---|---|
| myself yourself himself herself itself | ourselves yourselves themselves |
These are verbs used with a possessive pronoun:
| behave oneself cut oneself | kill oneself help oneself | hurt oneself look after oneself |
“Oneself” is an impersonal form that in the sentence takes a specific personal form:
He killed himself after his wife died.
I cut myself when I was shaving.
Are you enjoying yourselves?
Possessive pronouns may also appear after prepositions:
Sometimes she talks to herself.
I’ll pay for myself.
The same pronoun appears in definite meaning to stress that a particular person has done something by oneself:
I didn’t do it myself. My brother helped me.
The owner himself showed us to our rooms.