possessive pronoun
noun
see possessive.
possessive pronouns
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pluralof possessive pronoun.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Most notably, there’s an attempt to mirror Latin grammar by omitting articles and possessive pronouns: “We stray from point.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
Lang’s composition, adding cello, viola and percussion, is a kind of analysis of the biblical text, pulling phrases that begin with possessive pronouns.
From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2022
Some common features include the absence of third-person singular and possessive pronouns and the use of double negatives.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
Lastly, possessive pronouns pronouns show ownership and are written in the possessive case.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
Vipim, to which adding the possessive pronouns no, amo, and the like, the gua is omitted to such as have that termination.
From Grammatical Sketch of the Heve Language Shea's Library of American Linguistics. Volume III. by Buckingham Smith
