possessive pronoun examples
Definition. A possessive pronoun is a pronoun that can take the place of a noun phrase to show ownership (as in This phone is mine ).The weak possessives (also called possessive determiners) function as determiners in front of nouns (as in  My phone is broken).n contrast, the strong (or absolute) possessive pronouns stand on their own: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, and theirs. The strong possessive is a type of independent genitive. A possessive pronoun never takes an apostrophe. See Examples and Observations below. Also see: 1  Case. 2  Commonly Confused Words: Its and It's.