Usually means: Indicates ownership, replaces noun directly.
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  1. possessive pronoun: Merriam-Webster
  2. possessive pronoun: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. possessive pronoun: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. possessive pronoun: Collins English Dictionary
  5. possessive pronoun: Wordnik
  6. possessive-pronoun, possessive pronoun: Wiktionary
  7. Possessive pronoun, possessive pronoun: Dictionary.com
  8. Possessive pronoun: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. possessive pronoun: FreeDictionary.org
  10. possessive pronoun: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Possessive Pronoun: Glossary of English Grammar Terms
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Definitions from Wiktionary (possessive pronoun)

▸ noun:  (grammar) A pronoun which expresses possession.

Similar:
possessive, adjectival pronoun, personal pronoun, reflexive possessive pronoun, object pronoun, subject pronoun, possessoress, resumptive pronoun, second-person dual, nounself pronoun, more...

Opposite:
objective, nonpossessive, non-possessive

Types:
my, your, his, her, its, our, their, mine, yours, hers, more...

Phrases:
neutral possessive pronoun, french possessive pronoun, common possessive pronoun, more...

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Similar:
possessive, adjectival pronoun, personal pronoun, reflexive possessive pronoun, object pronoun, subject pronoun, possessoress, resumptive pronoun, second-person dual, nounself pronoun, more...

Opposite:
objective, nonpossessive, non-possessive

Types:
my, your, his, her, its, our, their, mine, yours, hers, more...

Phrases:
neutral possessive pronoun, french possessive pronoun, common possessive pronoun, more...



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