possessive adjective

American  

noun

Grammar.

1. see possessive.

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Example Sentences

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

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 Balch, William Stevens

Mine is frequent before a vowel, especially when the possessive adjective is not emphatic.

From Milton's Comus by Bell, William

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 Downer, Charles Alfred

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

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold