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Section 4.4: Possessive Personal Pronouns
Whose and who’s
Your, you’re
Your = belonging to you
You’re is a contraction = you are
When you’re traveling, be sure to have your Insta-Charge card with you.
Whose is a possessive pronoun meaning “belonging to whom.”
Who’s is a contraction for who is or who has.
Whose badge was found in the hallway?
Who’s working on the late shift tonight?
Who’s been named to the committee?
Their, they’re, there
Section 4.4: Possessive Personal Pronouns
Their = belonging to them.
They’re = they are
There = in that place or used as an introduction word
Find out which one of their warehouses will open on Saturday.
They’re now in the conference room on the fifth floor.
Please leave the disks there when you are finished.
There are only a few more invoices in process.
Possessive Pronoun Forms
The personal pronouns are I, we, you, he, she, it, and they.
To make them possessive:
I = my, mine
You = you, yours
He = he, his
She = her, hers
It = its
We = our, ours
They = their, theirs
Its, It’s
The possessive pronoun its = ‘belong to it.’
It’s is a contraction = it is.
The Willis Corporation is well known for its generosity to its employees.
It’s not too late to enroll in a computer class for this semester.
HINT: If you’re not sure whether to use it’s or its, ask yourself:
Does it make sense if I use it is? (expanding the contraction).
The pronouns mine, your, his, hers, its, ours, and theirs replace possessive phrases such as my book, your desk, her car, and so on.
This is my book. = This is mine.
Is this your pen? = Is this yours?
She sent her check. = She sent hers.
Personal pronouns NEVER have apostrophes.