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 can you please tell me the difference between possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns in determiners ???

Here is an explanation of both which would make the difference between both of them clear.


 

We use possessive pronouns to refer to a specific person/people or thing/things (the "antecedent") belonging to a person/people (and sometimes belonging to an animal/animals or thing/things).

We use possessive pronouns depending on:

  • number: singular (eg: mine) or plural (eg: ours)
  • person: 1st person (eg: mine), 2nd person (eg: yours) or 3rd person (eg: his)
  • gender: male (his), female (hers)

Possessive Adjectives: The adjective which modifies the noun by attributing possession or characteristic feature to it is called a possessive adjective. This adjective shows who owns or possesses something. Instances of the same are: - my, your, his, her, its, our, their.

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Difference between possessive pronoun and possessive adjective:

A noun does not immediately follow a possessive pronoun, while a possessive adjective always comes before a noun.

Example of possessive pronoun:

1. That yellow painted house is his.

2. That idea was hers.

Example of possessive adjective:

1. My book is lying on the table.

2. Your phone is with the teacher.


Difference between demonstrative pronoun and demonstrative adjective:

A noun does not immediately follow a demonstrative pronoun, while a demonstrative adjective always comes before a noun.

Example of demonstrative pronoun:

1. This is my car.

2. These are good apples.


Example of demonstrative adjective:

1. That house is mine

2. I don’t know why such questions are asked. 

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Possessive Determiners

These are the possessive determiners, sometimes mistakenly called possessive adjectives.
my - the first person singular
your - the second person singular
his - the third person singular masculine
her - the third person singular feminine
its - the third person singular neuter
our - the first person plural
your - the second person plural
their - the third person plural

Possessive determiners indicate that an object is associated with another object or person: it belongs with it. Possessive determiners show to whom an item or being is referring.
Its case is dusty.
Your PC needs cleaning.
Their PCs are covered in dirt.
My computer is clean.

Possessive determiners are somewhat similar to adjectives. They are determining possession of a noun or pronoun while an adjective describes a quality belonging to the noun.
Possessive Pronouns

These are the possessive pronouns.
mine - the first person singular
yours - the second person singular
his - the third person singular masculine
hers - the third person singular feminine
its - the third person singular neuter
ours - the first person plural
yours - the second person plural
theirs - the third person plural

Possessive pronouns indicate what object or person belongs to another: they inform you of a person or being who possesses or owns something without saying the actual name of the person or being.
Mine is the clean computer.
Yours is the PC that needs cleaning.
Theirs are the PCs covered with dirt.
Its (think neuter alien) processing unit is covered in cosmic dust.

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