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Possessive and relative pronouns. Possessive pronouns. Exercises for possessive pronouns

A pronoun is a special class of significant words that point to a subject without naming it. To avoid tautology in speech, the speaker may use a pronoun. Examples: I, yours, who, this, everyone, the most, the whole, myself, mine, another, another, that, somehow, someone, something, etc.

As can be seen from the examples, pronouns are most often used instead of a noun, and also instead of an adjective, numeral or adverb.

Pronouns tend to be divided into categories according to their meaning. This part of speech focuses on names. In other words, pronouns replace nouns, adjectives, numerals. However, the peculiarity of pronouns is that, replacing names, they do not acquire their meaning. According to the established tradition, only inflected words belong to pronouns. All invariable words are treated as pronominal adverbs.

This article will present the meaning and grammatical features, as well as examples of sentences in which certain pronouns are used.

Table of pronouns by category

Personal pronouns	I, you, we, you, he, she, it, they
reflexive pronoun
Possessive pronouns	mine, yours, ours, yours
Demonstrative pronouns	this, that, such, so much
Definitive pronouns	himself, the most, all, everyone, each, any, other, other
Interrogative pronouns	who, what, which, which, whose, how much, which
Relative pronouns	who, what, how, which, which, whose, how much, which
Negative pronouns	no one, nothing, none, no one, no one, nothing
Indefinite pronouns	someone, something, some, some, a few

Pronouns are divided into three categories:

Pronominal nouns.
Pronoun adjectives.
Pronominal numerals.

Personal pronouns

Words that indicate persons and objects that are participants in a speech act are called "personal pronouns". Examples: I, you, we, you, he, she, it, they. I, you, we, you denote participants in speech communication. The pronouns he, she, they do not participate in the speech act, they are reported by the speaker as non-participants in the speech act.

I know what you want to tell me. (Participant in a speech act, object.)
You must read all the fiction on the list. (The subject to which the action is directed.)
We have had a wonderful holiday this year! (Participants of the speech act, subjects.)
You played your part perfectly! (The addressee, the object to which the appeal is directed in the speech act.)
He prefers a quiet pastime. (Non-participant in the speech act.)
Is she definitely going to America this summer? (Non-participant in the speech act.)
They jumped with a parachute for the first time in their lives and were very pleased. (Non-participant in the speech act.)

Attention! The pronouns his, her, their, depending on the context, can be used both in the category of possessive and in the category of personal pronouns.

Compare:

He was not at school today, neither at the first nor at the last lesson. - His performance at school depends on how often he attends classes. (In the first sentence, his is a personal pronoun in the genitive; in the second sentence, his is a possessive pronoun.)
I asked her to keep this conversation between us. She ran, her hair flowing in the wind, and the silhouette was lost and lost with every second, moving away and dissolving in the light of day.
They should always be asked to turn the music down. - Their dog very often howls at night, as if yearning for some unbearable grief of his.

reflexive pronoun

This category includes the pronoun itself - indicates the person of the object or addressee, which are identified with the actor. This function is performed by reflexive pronouns. Suggestion examples:

I have always considered myself the happiest person in the whole wide world.
She constantly admires herself.
He does not like to make mistakes and trusts only himself.

May I keep this kitten?

Possessive pronouns

A word that indicates the belonging of a person or object to another person or object is called a "possessive pronoun". Example: mine, yours, ours, yours, yours. Possessive pronouns indicate belonging to the speaker, interlocutor or non-participant in the act of speech.

My The decision is always the correct one.
Your wishes will surely come true.
Our the dog behaves very aggressively towards passers-by.
Is yours the choice will be yours.
Finally I got mine gift!
Their keep your thoughts to yourself.
My the city misses me and I feel like I miss it.

Words like her, him, them can act as a personal pronoun in or as possessive pronoun. Suggestion examples:

Them the car is at the entrance. - They haven't been in the city for 20 years.
His the bag is on the chair. - He was asked to bring tea.
Her the house is located in the city center. - They made her the queen of the evening.

The belonging of a person (object) to a group of objects also indicates a possessive pronoun. Example:

Our Joint trips will be remembered to me for a long time!

Demonstrative pronouns

Demonstrative is the second name of the demonstrative pronoun. Examples: this, that, such, so much. These words distinguish one or another object (person) from a number of other similar objects, persons or signs. This function is performed by the demonstrative pronoun. Examples:

This the novel is much more interesting and informative than all those that I have read before. (Pronoun this distinguishes one object from a number of similar ones, indicates the peculiarity of this object.)

Pronoun this also performs this function.

This sea, these the mountains, this the sun will forever remain in my memory the brightest memory.

However, you should be careful with the definition of the part of speech and not confuse the demonstrative pronoun with the particle!

Compare examples of demonstrative pronouns:

This it was excellent! - Did you play the part of the fox in the school play? (In the first case, this is a pronoun and fulfills the predicate. In the second case this- the particle has no syntactic role in the sentence.)
That the house is much older and more beautiful than this one. (Pronoun that selects an object, points to it.)
Neither such, no other option suited him. (Pronoun such helps to focus on one of the many subjects.)
So many once he stepped on the same rake, and again he repeats everything anew. (Pronoun so many emphasizes repetition.

Definitive pronouns

Examples of pronouns: himself, the most, all, everyone, each, any, other, other. This category is divided into sub-categories, each of which includes the following pronouns:

1.Himself, the most- pronouns that have a distinguishing function. They exalt the object about which in question, personalize it.

Myself director - Alexander Yaroslavovich - was present at the party.
He was offered most a highly paid and prestigious job in our city.
Most The greatest happiness in life is to love and be loved.
Samo Her Majesty condescended to praise me.

2.Whole- a pronoun that has the meaning of the breadth of coverage of a characteristic of a person, object or feature.

Whole the city came to watch him perform.
All the road passed in remorse and the desire to return home.
Everything The sky was covered with clouds, and not a single gap was visible.

3. Anyone, everyone, anyone- pronouns denoting the freedom to choose from several objects, persons or features (provided that they exist at all).

Semen Semenovich Laptev - a master of his craft - this is for you any will say.
Any a person is able to achieve what he wants, the main thing is to make an effort and not be lazy.
Each blade of grass, every petal breathed life, and this desire for happiness was transmitted to me more and more.
Anything the word he said turned against him, but he did not seek to correct it.

4.Other, different- pronouns that have the meaning of non-identity with what was said earlier.

I chose different a path that was more accessible to me.
Imagine another Would you have done the same in my place?
IN different once he comes home, silently, eats and goes to bed, today everything was different ...
The medal has two sides - another I did not notice.

Interrogative pronouns

Examples of pronouns: who, what, which, which, whose, how much, which.

Interrogative pronouns include a question about persons, objects or phenomena, quantities. A sentence that contains an interrogative pronoun usually ends with a question mark.

Who Was that the man who came to us this morning?
What what will you do when the summer exams are over?
What there should be a portrait of an ideal person, and how do you imagine him?
Which the of these three people could know what really happened?
Whose is it a briefcase?
How much is the red dress which did you come to school yesterday?
Which your favorite time of the year?
whose I saw a child in the yard yesterday?
How Do you think I need to enter the Faculty of International Relations?

Relative pronouns

Examples of pronouns: who, what, how, which, which, whose, how much, which.

Attention! These pronouns can act as both relative and interrogative pronouns, depending on whether they are used in a particular context. In a complex sentence (CSP), only a relative pronoun is used. Examples:

How are you making a biscuit pie with cherry filling? - She told how she makes a cherry pie.

In the first case how - the pronoun has an interrogative function, i.e. the subject concludes a question about a certain object and about the method of obtaining it. In the second case, the pronoun how is used as a relative pronoun and acts as a connecting word between the first and second simple sentences.

Who knows in which the sea flows into the Volga river? - He did not know who this man was to him, and what could be expected from him.
What do you need to do to get hired Good work? - He knew what to do in order to get a well-paid job.

What- pronoun - is used both as a relative and as an interrogative pronoun, depending on the context.

What shall we do tonight? - You said that today we should visit grandma.

To accurately determine the category of pronouns, choosing between relative and interrogative, you need to remember that the interrogative pronoun in a sentence can be replaced by a verb, a noun, a numeral, depending on the context. The relative pronoun cannot be replaced.

What do you want to have dinner tonight? - I would like vermicelli for dinner.
Which do you like the color? - Do you like purple?
Whose is this a house? - Is this your mother's house?
Which the are you in line? Are you eleventh in line?
How do you have candy? - Do you have six sweets?

A similar situation with the pronoun than. Compare examples of relative pronouns:

What would you like to do for the weekend? He completely forgot what wanted to do it for the weekend. (As we can see, in the second version the pronoun how enters the category of relative and performs a connecting function between the two parts of a complex sentence.)
How did you get into my house yesterday? - Anna Sergeevna looked at the boy inquiringly and did not understand how he got into her house.
How does it feel to know that you are in trouble? - I know for myself what it's like to realize that your plans are collapsing rapidly and irrevocably.
How many times do I ask you not to do this again? - She has already lost count, which time her son brought his class teacher to tears.
Whose car is parked at the gate of my house? - He was at a loss, so he could not figure out whose idea it was to provoke a fight.
How much is this Persian kitten worth? - He was told how much a red Persian kitten costs.
Who knows what year the Battle of Borodino took place? - Three students raised their hands: they knew in what year the Battle of Borodino took place.

Some scholars propose to combine relative and interrogative pronouns into one category and call them "interrogative-relative pronouns." Examples:

Who is there? He didn't see who was here.

However, at present, it has not yet been possible to reach a general agreement, and the categories of interrogative and relative pronouns continue to exist separately from each other.

Negative pronouns

Examples of pronouns: no one, nothing, none, no one, no one, nothing. Negative pronouns have the meaning of the absence of persons, objects, and also to indicate their negative characteristics.

None didn't know what to expect from him.
Nothing he was not so interested that he could devote his whole life to this cause.
No debt and none money could not keep him from running away.
A lonely dog ran along the road, and it seemed that she had never had a master, a home and tasty food in the morning; She was draw.
He tried to find excuses for himself, but it turned out that everything happened precisely on his initiative, and no one was to blame.
He was completely there is nothing to do, so he walked slowly through the rain past the glowing shop windows and watched the oncoming cars passing by.

Indefinite pronouns

From interrogative or relative pronouns, an indefinite pronoun is formed. Examples: someone, something, some, some, several Indefinite pronouns contain the meaning of an unknown, indefinite person or object. Also indefinite pronouns have the meaning of deliberately concealed information that the speaker specifically does not want to report.

Such properties have Examples for comparison:

someone's the voice was heard in the darkness, and I did not quite understand to whom it belonged: a man or a beast. (Lack of information from the speaker.) - This letter was from my no one an acquaintance who had been absent from our city for a long time and was now about to come. (Intentionally withheld information from listeners.)
Something an incredible thing happened that night: the wind tore and threw leaves from the trees, lightning flashed and pierced the sky through and through. (Instead of something you can substitute indefinite pronouns similar in meaning: something, something.)
Some of my friends consider me a strange and wonderful person: I do not strive to earn a lot of money and live in a small old house on the edge of the village . (Pronoun some can be replaced by the following pronouns: someone, a few.)
Several a pair of shoes, a backpack and a tent were already packed and waiting for us to pack up and leave far, far from the city. (The subject does not specify the number of items, generalizes their number.)
someone informed me that you received a letter, but do not want to acknowledge in e volume.(The speaker deliberately hides any information about the face.)
If anyone saw this person, please report it to the police!
anyone knows what Natasha Rostova and Andrei Bolkonsky were talking about at the ball?
When you see anything interesting, do not forget to write down your observations in a notebook.
some moments in learning English remained incomprehensible to me, then I returned to the last lesson and tried to go through it again. (Deliberate concealment by the speaker of information.)
how much I still had money in my purse, but I didn't remember how much. (Lack of information about the subject from the speaker.)

Grammar categories of pronouns

Grammatically, pronouns are divided into three categories:

Pronoun noun.
Pronoun adjective.
Pronominal numeral.

TO pronominal noun include such categories of pronouns as: personal, reflexive, interrogative, negative, indefinite. All these digits are likened to nouns in their grammatical properties. However, pronominal nouns have certain features that a pronoun does not have. Examples:

I came to you . (IN this case this is the masculine gender, which we determined by the past tense verb with a zero ending). - You came to me. (The gender is determined by the end of the verb "came" - feminine,

As you can see from the example, some pronouns are devoid of the category of gender. In this case, the genus can be restored logically, based on the situation.

Other pronouns of the listed categories have the category of gender, but it does not reflect the real relationship between persons and objects. For example, the pronoun who always combined with a past tense masculine verb.

Who was the first woman in space?
Ready or not, here I come.
She knew who would be the next contender for her hand and heart.

The pronoun what is used with past tense neuter nouns.

What enabled you to do this?
He did not suspect that something similar to his story could be happening somewhere.

Pronoun is he has generic forms, but the gender here acts as a classification form, and not as a nominative.

TO pronominal adjective demonstrative, definitive, interrogative, relative, negative, indefinite pronouns. They all answer the question which? and are likened to adjectives in their properties. They have dependent forms of number and case.

This tiger cub is the most playful in the zoo.

Pronouns are pronouns as many as, several. They are likened in their meaning in combination with nouns.

How many books did you read this summer?
So many opportunities now I had!
Grandma left a few hot pies for me.

Attention! However, in combination with pronoun verbs how many, how many, several are used as adverbs.

How much is this orange blouse?
So much can be spent on vacation.
I thought a little about how to live and what to do next.

We use pronouns to replace nouns in a sentence. Look at the word “pronoun” itself, it contains the main function of this part of speech: “ instead of having", i.e " instead of a noun". Pronouns are used to diversify speech and not repeat the same word from sentence to sentence.

There are several types of pronouns in English: , and possessive. We paid special attention to each type of pronouns in a separate article.

Let's see how a native speaker teacher Alex talks about words that show that someone owns something.

When we want to say that someone owns something, we use possessive forms. As you can see Alex identified two forms: Possessive adjectives And Possessive Pronouns.

Possessive adjectives

Let's start considering possessive forms with possessive adjectives. Abroad these words are called Possessive adjectives. Such words show a sign of an object, phenomenon or person, therefore they are classified as adjectives, not pronouns:

my book. - My book. (what book? - mine)
His friend. - His friend. (what friend? - his)

In Russian textbooks on English grammar it is written that my (your, his etc.) is a pronoun, but native English teachers insist that it is still an adjective, because it comes before a noun and defines it. Let's take a look at the table:

Personal pronoun	Possessive adjective	Translation
I	My	My
You	Your	Is yours
He	His	His
She	Her	Her
It	Its	His her
We	Our	Our
You	Your	Your
They	Their	Them

My cat likes to play with a ball. - My the cat loves to play with the ball.

She wants to talk to your manager. - She wants to talk to yours manager.

The teacher found his mistakes. The teacher found his errors.

I like her dress. - I like her the dress.

Our family likes to rest in Crimea, we adore its nature. – Our family loves to relax in the Crimea, we adore his nature.

They look after our children. - They look after our children.

He is speaking with their mother. - He talks to them mom.

Please note that in all examples after my (his, their) is a noun.

In Russian there is a universal word "our", which we simply change by numbers and persons. On the English language the words “one’s own”, “one’s own”, “one’s own” should be translated as “mine”, “ours”, “his” / “hers”, respectively.

She cut mine finger. – She cut her finger.

I love my mom. – I love my mother.

Do my work. – Do your work.

Possessive pronouns

If you need to replace a noun in a sentence, you must use one of the possessive pronouns. Usually the noun is replaced so that there are no repetitions in the sentence.

This is not my pen, mine is purple. - This is not my pen, my purple (replaced my pen on the mine).

Personal pronoun	Possessive pronoun	Translation
I	Mine	My
You	Yours	Is yours
He	His	His
She	Hers	Her
It	Its	His her
We	Ours	Our
You	Yours	Your
They	Theirs	Them

Becky! That is mine! - This my, Becky!

My task is easier than yours. - My task is easier than your.

This is not his car, his is blue. - It's not his car. his- blue.

This is a friend of hers. - This her friend.

It is not their house theirs is bigger. - This is not their house. them more.

The general pattern for all possessive pronouns is that you do not need to use a noun after them, and, as a rule, it is at the end of the sentence. Also, take a look at this couple: a friend of mine And my friend. Both phrases mean the same thing - my friend, only after the preposition of use possessive pronouns, not adjectives ( a friend of my).

Many words in Russian belong to a large group of pronouns. Within this group there are categories - for example, personal pronouns, indefinite, negative. But today we will look at the possessive category of pronouns - and find out what words apply to it, and what rules apply to it.

What is a possessive pronoun?

Most of the things that surround us belong to someone - permanently or just now, at the present moment. For example, we own our own articles of clothing, we own the furniture in our house, small accessories. At work, we own our place - although it may change ownership, for the moment it is ours.

Speaking of things or concepts, we can call their specific owners - for example, "mother's bag" or "Petya's notebook". And we can use pronouns - “her bag”, “his notebook” and so on. It is these pronouns that will be possessive - they report that someone owns an object or concept, but do not call this person by name. The questions that the possessive pronoun answers are "whose" and "which".

Let's give some examples.

His singing drew applause.
Your suit suits you very well.
Their plans for the weekend have changed a bit.
My coffee is long gone.

In all these sentences, the pronoun indicates to whom the objects, actions or concepts belong.

What are the rules for possessive pronouns?

There are a few rules to remember:

A possessive pronoun never stands alone in a sentence - it must be next to the noun. For example - "his chair", "my coat", "our house".
Possessive pronouns are closely related to personal pronouns and also have three faces. The pronouns "my" and "our" belong to the 1st person, "your" and "your" to the 2nd person, "his", "their", "her" to the 3rd person.
Pronouns of the possessive group related to the 1st and 2nd persons can be declined according to all the main features - numbers, gender, cases. For example, you can say “mine”, “mine” or “mine” - here we see the declension by gender, or “my” and “mine” are the declension by numbers, “my” and “mine” are the declension by cases.
Possessive pronouns of the 3rd person are not declined. For example, "his chair" and "his hat" - the pronoun sounds the same for a noun in masculine and feminine. Or "her computer" and "her things" - the pronoun does not change for singular and plural nouns.

The Russian language is rich, expressive and universal. At the same time, it is a very complex language. What are some declensions or conjugations worth! And the variety of syntactic structure? What about, for example, an Englishman who is used to the fact that sentences in his native language have a clear structure? Consider the English phrase "We go to our Museum today". This sentence can be translated into Russian in different ways:

"We'll go to our museum today."
"Let's go to our museum today."
"Let's go to our museum today."
"Today we will go to our museum."

The meaning of the sentence changes depending on the order of the words. In the first case, information about the intention to go to the museum is provided (this is the most neutral option). In the second case, attention is focused on exactly how people will get to the museum (on foot, not by transport). In the third, it is specified that the event will happen today. And in the fourth sentence, people say that they will go to a specific museum, "ours", and not any other. And here it is appropriate to talk about such a part of speech as a pronoun. Let us find out further why we need possessive pronouns in Russian.

Pronoun

So what is a pronoun? This is an independent part of speech that can replace any other - a noun, an adjective, an adverb, and even a numeral. Pronouns include words that do not specifically name objects, quantities, signs, but only indicate them. There are the following categories of pronouns:

Personal: me, you, you, we. These parts of speech indicate the person they are talking about.
Indicative: that, that, that, that, such.
Definitive: all, each, the other.
Negative: nobody, nothing.
Indefinite: a few, some, some.
Possessive: mine, ours, yours, yours.
Returnable: yourself.
Interrogative: who? what? which? whose?
Relative. They coincide with interrogatives, but are used as allied words in subordinate clauses.

As you can see, the pronoun present in the above translation English phrase, refers to possessive pronouns. Let's talk about them.

What pronouns are called possessive?

Possessive pronouns in Russian play an important role. Possessive pronouns are those pronouns that denote the belonging of an object to someone or something. They answer the questions: "Whose?", "Whose?", "Whose?", "Whose?".

We present you a list of possessive pronouns present in Russian:

mine, mine, mine; ours, ours, ours; mine, ours;
yours, yours, yours; yours, yours, yours; yours, yours;
his her; them.

Sometimes the pronoun "one's own" is conditionally included here as a reflexive possessive.

Changing possessive pronouns

The above list is not accidentally divided into three lines. So you can quickly find out how possessive pronouns change in Russian. First, they are transformed by persons: the first line contains the pronouns of the first person, the second - the second person, and the third line - the third. In the table below, you can see that possessive pronouns change by gender (masculine, feminine, neuter) and number (singular and plural).

How do possessive pronouns change in cases (or decline) in Russian? The examples below will clarify this issue in as much detail as possible:

Them. p. (who?): My mother and I went to the zoo today.
Genus. p. (whom?): My mother was not at home today.
Date p. (to whom?): My mother liked walking around the zoo.
Vin. (of whom?): Even a lion did not scare my mother at the zoo.
Tv. p. (by whom?): I am proud of my mother.
Suggestion p. (about whom?): I will tell everyone in the class about my mother.

There are also such modifications:

Them. p. (what?): I went to school, and now I have my own textbooks.
Genus. n. (of what?): While I went to Kindergarten I didn't have my textbooks.
Date (for what?): Now I am a schoolgirl and I am very happy with my textbooks.
Vin. p. (what?): I often look at my textbooks, even if I can not read everything.
Tv. p. (what?): I am proud of my textbooks: they are neatly wrapped.
Suggestion p. (about what?): I already buzzed all the ears of my mom and dad about my textbooks.

Ways to differentiate

As mentioned above, possessive pronouns in Russian answer such questions: "Whose?", "Whose?", "Whose?". Thanks to such questions, one can easily distinguish between personal pronouns and personal pronouns in the meaning of possessives in Russian. This nuance can be remembered by studying the following examples:

I invited her over. Called who? - her. The pronoun is personal.
I accidentally noticed her mother on the street. Whose mom? - her. In this case, there is a clear indication of ownership. That is, we see a possessive pronoun.

There are features in personal pronouns and in the meaning of possessives in declension. This point is shown in the following examples:

Nominative case (who?): My friend, her sister and their parents got caught in the rain today.
Genitive (of whom?): My friend, her sister and their parents are not at home today.
Dative (to whom?): My girlfriend and her sister will get hit today by their parents because they left far away without warning.
Accusative (of whom?): My friend and her sister were met by their parents and taken home.
Creative (by whom?): I admire my girlfriend and her parents because they like to have fun together.
Prepositional (about whom?): Sometimes I tell my grandmother about my friend and her parents.

In the table below, you can see that personal pronouns in the meaning of possessives remain unchanged, while proper possessives decline. So, you already know what possessive pronouns are. An indispensable part of speech.

Proverbs and sayings

The people came up with many sayings and proverbs in which there are possessive pronouns. The most popular of them are the following sayings:

It was yours, it's ours.
My word is like granite.
Your shirt is closer to your body.
You see the straw in someone else's eye, but you don't notice the log in your own.
Tell me who your friend is and I'll tell you who you are.

Possessive pronouns in Russian- a group of words that indicate the attribute of an object by its belonging (indicate that something belongs to someone) and answer questions Whose? Which? In phrases and sentences, they agree with nouns in gender, number and case.

Possessive pronouns. In speech, they indicate the belonging of a certain object (objects) to the subject (or subjects).

Possessive pronouns:

1 person - my, my, my / my And ours, ours, ours / ours;
2 persons - yours, yours, yours / yours And yours, yours, yours / yours;
3 persons - him, her / them.

Possessive pronouns in Russian change, as you already understood, according to persons, genders and numbers, as well as in combination with the noun that they explain, according to cases. 3rd person pronouns are not declined.

Our choice, more than our ability, reveals our true nature. (J.K. Rowling)
In our office, out of thirty-two employees in the state, twenty-eight called themselves: "The Golden Pen of the Republic." The three of us, in order of originality, were called silver. (S.D. Dovlatov)
There are no such sounds, colors, images and thoughts - complex and simple - for which there would not be an exact expression in our language. (K.G. Paustovsky)

Examples of possessive pronouns: my textbook, your table, our house, your breakfast, your phone.

At school, possessive pronouns are studied from grade 2.

Person of possessive pronouns

Possessive pronouns correspond to personal pronouns and indicate to which person the object being defined belongs.

	Singular			Plural
	Personal	Attractive	Meaning	Personal	Attractive	Meaning
1st person	I	my	indicates belonging to the speaker	we	our	indicates belonging to a group of persons, which include the speaker
2nd person	you	is yours	indicates belonging to the person addressed (interlocutor)	you	your	indicates belonging to a group of people who are being addressed (interlocutors)
3rd person	he she it	his her	indicate belonging to a person who is not participating in the conversation	they	them	indicates belonging to persons who are not involved in the conversation

Pronoun myself indicates that something belongs to any of the three persons.

Syntactic role of possessive pronouns

In a sentence, possessive pronouns usually play the syntactic role of an agreed (mine, yours, yours, ours) or inconsistent (his, her, them) definitions.

Examples: Your the paintings are beautiful. My pencils are on the table. His everyone liked the lyrics.

Less commonly, possessive pronouns are used as part of a compound nominal predicate.

Examples: Forgotten things were my. The best work was our.