possessive adjective

American  

noun

Grammar.

• possessive adjectives
  plural

1. see possessive.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• possessive adjectives
  plural

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Example Sentences

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possessive adjective

OpenAI’s filing doesn’t name the ex-employee, although it uses a male possessive adjective to refer to the person.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

That’s true despite the possessive adjective in the title, or the fact that the director, an artist, plays an artist, Ellie.

From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2018

The distinction of plural and singular depends upon the article, or upon the demonstrative or possessive adjective accompanying the noun.

From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Charles Alfred Downer

"And such as prefer, can parse it as a possessive adjective."

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

We need not confuse the learner with "adjective pronouns, possessive adjective pronouns, distributive adjective pronouns, demonstrative adjective pronouns, indefinite adjective pronouns," nor any other adjective pronouns, which can never be understood nor explained.

From Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. by William Stevens Balch

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