Isn't "her" a personal pronoun?

Question

On " Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader", they said that "her" is a possessive pronoun. It is a possessive adjective. Is their a way to send them a letter or to let them now that they made a mistake?

It said "her bike" and "his flat tire".

Answer 1

No, they are right.

'Bike' and 'flat tire' are nouns. Not adjectives.

Answer 2

Layanne,
I looked up the word "her" on the internet and found the following when it comes to that specific word. The website is: http://www.wordpower.ws/grammar/gramch18.html

Here is what a part of this website said about using the word "her." Hope this helps you out, kiddo. Talk to you later.



4. The objective case

Objects of verbs have already been discussed in the chapter on transitive and intransitive verbs. When a personal pronoun is the object of a verb, the pronoun must be in the objective case. In the following sentences, the pronouns in the objective case are underlined.
e.g. They need me.
We like you.
They understand him.
I wanted her to help them.
We mended it yesterday.

As shown in the following table, each personal pronoun in the subjective case has a corresponding form in the objective case.


Personal pronouns in the subjective and objective cases

Subjective Case Objective Case
I me
you you
he him
she her
it it
we us
they them

It can be seen that only the personal pronouns you and it have the same form in the objective case as in the subjective case.

When a personal pronoun is the subject of a verb, the subjective form of the pronoun must be used.
e.g. I understand what you mean.
He saw the comet.
In these sentences, the underlined pronouns are the subjects of the verbs understand and saw; therefore, the subjective forms I and he must be used.

When a personal pronoun is the object of a verb, the objective form of the pronoun must be used.
e.g. My friends understand me.
We saw him last night.
In these sentences, the underlined pronouns are the objects of the verbs understand and saw; therefore, the objective forms me and him must be used.

The rules for the agreement of pronouns with their antecedents are the same for pronouns in the objective case as for the corresponding pronouns in the subjective case.
e.g. When your son won the prize, we congratulated him.
Your daughter thinks we have not noticed her.
When the letter arrived, we answered it immediately.
He and I were right, but no one believed us.
Because the boats were barely moving, we overtook them easily.
In the preceding sentences, the pronouns him, her, it, us and them agree with the antecedents son, daughter, letter, he and I and boats, respectively.

Answer 3

It is a possessive pronoun. It functions as an adjective, but is still classified as a pronoun. No correction necessary.

Answer 4

Her can be an adjective (her house, modifying the noun "house"), a pronoun (objective case of "she"), or an abbreviation ("her" for "heraldry"). Try sending them an email in care of the network they are on.

Answer 5

i don't see any "her" in your example sentence. but here's my explanation:

it would be better if you remembered your pronoun lists and memorized them.

the nominative pronouns:
i, you, he, she, it, we, they

the objective pronouns:
me, you, him, her, it, us, them

the possessive pronouns:
my, mine, your, yours, her, hers, his, our, ours, their, theirs

the word her can only be used either as an objective pronoun or a possessive pronoun.
objective--i passed her the cake. she gave her a present.
possessive--are you smarter than her fifth grader? this is her dress. she is her daughter.

so possessive pronoun is correct if your example sentence was supposed to be "are you smarter than HER fifth grader?"