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Subject Pronouns I you he she it we you they

Possessive Adjectives my your his her its our your their

Examples:

 Why didn't you clean your room?
(your modifies the noun room)

 Mary doesn't like her dress.
(her modifies the noun dress)

 The chameleon can change its color.
(its modifies the noun color)

Her hair is long. His hair is short.

Things to remember:

1. Possessive adjectives are different from possessive pronouns.

This is your (possessive adjective) book and this is mine (possessive
pronoun).

2. its, their are possessive adjectives.

Its color is beautiful.

Their car is in their garage.

3. it's, they're and there are not possessive adjectives — its is a
contraction of it is or it has; they're is a contraction of they
are; there is an adverb of place.

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