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What is Possessive Adjective?
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Warning! These are adjectives. Don't confuse them with pronouns!
We use possessive adjectives to show who owns or "possesses" something. The possessive adjectives are: my, your, his, her, its, our, their whose (interrogative) Ex: 1. This is my book. 2. I like your hair. 3. His name is John. 4. The students thanked their teacher 5. Whose phone did you use? |
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Correct/Incorrect: Fighter should always secure one's safety gear before rushing into a fire
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InCorrect
The pronoun one does not match the plural fire fighter (correct pronoun is "their") |
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Correct/Incorrect: One who wishes to buy oneself a gift with funds from one's own company must first speak with one's accountant lest one run afoul of the law.
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CORRECT
This sentence sounds very old-fashioned as formal but it is perfectly correct. |
