As we often like to remind our readers, once you get further into the finer aspects of English grammar, the underlying concepts are often very accessible.<\/p>\n
Which brings us to the topic of today\u2019s post: what are possessive adjectives?<\/p>\n
Possessive adjectives are words that come before a noun or pronoun to show ownership. That means they are modifiers that specify possession of nouns or pronouns (usually things, names, or places).<\/p>\n
You likely come across possessive adjectives every day in your writing and speech. They include my<\/em>, your<\/em>, our<\/em>, his<\/em>, her<\/em>, their<\/em>, and its<\/em>, along with some variations such as whose<\/em>.<\/p>\n When you consider these words and then return to the definition, the function and idea of a possessive adjective become clear. Each of these words modifies the noun by telling us to what or to whom something belongs. It is not just a<\/em> donut: it is my<\/em> donut.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s look at a few more possessive adjectives in action. Then you can try to identify them on your own.<\/p>\n Her<\/strong> room is very messy.<\/p>\n It rains more often in our<\/strong> part of the country.<\/p>\n His<\/strong> car has new tires.<\/p>\n I have always liked their<\/strong> house.<\/p>\n My<\/strong> day starts with a cup of coffee.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n As you can see, each of these words indicates ownership of a thing or a concept.<\/p>\n Now you that you know what possessive adjectives are and what they do, let\u2019s test your understanding.<\/p>\n Identify the possessive adjective in each sentence.<\/p>\n 1. I don\u2019t know whose coat that is.<\/p>\n 2. I\u2019m saving for my dream vacation.<\/p>\n 3. Our wedding was a small affair.<\/p>\n 4. The dog always hides its toys.<\/p>\n 5. We never know what her next statement will be.<\/p>\n 1. I don\u2019t know whose<\/strong> coat that is.<\/p>\n 2. I\u2019m saving for my<\/strong> dream vacation.<\/p>\n 3. Our<\/strong> wedding was a small affair.<\/p>\n 4. The dog always hides its<\/strong> toys.<\/p>\n 5. We never know what her<\/strong> next statement will be.<\/p>\n Every bit of English-grammar knowledge you pick up makes you a stronger communicator. If you\u2019re inspired to continue learning about proper grammar, browse our large archive of posts today or bookmark some for future review. You can also leave us a comment or a question below. Remember too that we\u2019re always adding new posts and articles, so check back soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As we often like to remind our readers, once you get further into the finer aspects of English grammar, the underlying concepts are often very accessible. Which brings us to the topic of today\u2019s post: what are possessive adjectives? Possessive Adjectives: What They Are and How to Use Them Possessive adjectives are words that come […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives-adverbs"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5179"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5207,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5179\/revisions\/5207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Possessive Adjectives: More Examples<\/h2>\n
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