possessive pronoun
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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First, Mr. Loeb introduced “Our Colonel Stafford Warren” — his use of the possessive pronoun evoking a sense of trust — as the bomb project’s “Chief Medical Officer.”
From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2021
The “being” in “being with my students” is a gerund and gets the possessive pronoun “my.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 7, 2020
“So when a president uses a personal possessive pronoun, that communicates intimacy, and sometimes that can be effective.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2019
Because, apart from the possessive pronoun my, it consists wholly of verbs or verb forms.
From The Guardian • Sep. 21, 2018
"The use of the possessive pronoun is entirely inappropriate."
From Nobody by Warner, Susan
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