possessive adjective

American  

noun

Grammar.

possessive adjectives plural

1. see possessive.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• possessive adjectives
  plural

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

The genitive is expressed by means of the possessive adjective.

From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Williamson, Robert Wood

For indeed the distinguished scientist, Miss Timson's chief, was the only man she could think of to whom Tims could possibly apply the possessive adjective.

From The Invader A Novel by Woods, Margaret L. (Margaret Louisa)

And then there was the singular possessive adjective: "'Our' balloon; 'our' car; 'our' expedition."

From Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules

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