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anybody's
nobody's
everybody's
2006-06-14 10:20:10
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answer #1
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answered by psykhaotic 4
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ALL possessives are adjectives. The DOG'S bone. JOHN'S pencil. The UNITED STATES' territories. In each case, the possessive modifies a noun -- which is the definition of an adjective. Some of the other answers are giving possessive PRONOUNS, a very different thing.
2006-06-14 17:27:54
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answer #2
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answered by Nonsuch 1
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Actually, there are only 7...
A possessive adjective, also called a possessive determiner or possessive article, is a part of speech that modifies a noun by attributing ownership to someone or something (with some exceptions noted below). It is grammatically a determiner rather than an adjective because it cannot co-occur with another determiner such as an article or a demonstrative, but it can co-occur with adjectives. It is also called by some a determinative possessive pronoun, although it is not a pronoun.
There are seven of them in modern English: my, your, his, her, its, our, their. The suffix -'s works similarly, but it is a clitic attached to the preceding noun phrase. All of them indicate definiteness like the definite article the. Since in English they cannot co-occur with an indefinite article, phrases like "a book of mine" or "one of my books" must be used instead of incorrect "*a my book." For a list of English possessive adjectives and their corresponding pronouns, see the table of English personal pronouns, possessive pronouns and adjectives.
Some languages have neither possessive adjectives nor possessive pronouns, and express possession by declining the personal pronouns in the genitive or possessive case, or by using possessive suffixes. In Finnish, for example, minun ("I's"), means "my" or "mine".
Like possessive pronouns, possessive adjectives can prevent repetitions in a sentence by substituting a noun phrase with -'s. For example, they allow us to say "Sally took off her glasses" instead of "Sally took off Sally's glasses".
2006-06-14 17:22:45
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answer #3
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answered by Anonymous
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There are only seven in the english language:
my, your, his, her, its, our, their
There are five possessive adjectives in the spanish language:
mi, tu, su, nuestro, vuestro
2006-06-14 17:22:57
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answer #4
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answered by MissCan'tBeWrong 3
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Person Pronoun Adjective
1st singular mine my
2nd yours your
3rd (female) hers her
3rd (male) his his
3rd (neuter) its its
1st plural ours our
3rd plural theirs their
2006-06-14 17:20:59
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answer #5
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answered by The Poopster 1
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It's your homework, not ours. Educate yourself.
2006-06-14 17:21:17
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answer #6
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answered by notyou311 7
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Can you spell "possessive"?
2006-06-14 17:23:44
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answer #7
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answered by Kris N 1
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the first answer is great
2006-06-21 15:16:03
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answer #8
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answered by ladyofthehollow 7
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There are seven of them in modern English: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.
2006-06-14 17:21:32
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answer #9
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answered by P F 2
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I can't...there are only 7. They are:
my, your, his, her, its, our, their
2006-06-14 17:21:07
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answer #10
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answered by maynerdswife 5
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Okey : we have
my
your
his
her
its
our
your
their
I only have 8 sorry¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
2006-06-14 17:35:53
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answer #11
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answered by Santo 4
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