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Example sentences for "possessive pronoun"

  • What article may sometimes be used in lieu of a possessive pronoun?

  • But the author has a marginal note, "A possessive pronoun is equivalent to a genitive;" (ibid.

  • How can a noun be, or seem to be, in apposition with a possessive pronoun?

  • The same arrangement takes place when the Auxiliary is combined with the Infinitive of a Transitive verb, accompanied by a possessive pronoun; as, rinn e mo bhualadh he made my striking, i.

  • Possessive Pronoun, and when limited by a subsequent Noun, furnishes no slight argument in support of the construction defended above, of putting the Infin.

  • It is also frequently used instead of a possessive pronoun in speaking of one's own relatives, or when there is no doubt as to the person to whom the article la refers.

  • The article may be used sometimes where, in English, we use a possessive pronoun.

  • When a possessive pronoun refers to two or more nouns, it may, as in English, be repeated or not, but if it is not repeated the possessive pronoun is usually put in the plural.

  • Frequently the second form of the corresponding personal pronoun follows a noun preceded by a possessive pronoun.

  • When this is followed by a possessive pronoun of the first or second person the n is dropped, and the possessive pronoun takes the form which follows a preposition ending in a vowel, e’m, e’th.

  • Sometimes the personal pronoun as a genitive following the noun, with or without the preposition a, of, was used instead of a possessive pronoun, but in this case it was probably not enclitic.

  • The preposition #in# is sometimes used when the attribute is a genitive or a possessive pronoun, and commonly when it is any adjective but a possessive pronoun.

  • In all of them words are generally accented on the first syllable, except when a possessive pronoun is prefixed.

  • One born in the same country with another; a compatriot; -- used with a possessive pronoun.

  • Possessive pronoun, a pronoun denoting ownership; as, his name; her home; my book.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "possessive pronoun" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    complete loss; distance from; female slaves; gentle voice; give security; great painter; large increase; leisure hours; long conversation; not being; not wish; other vertebrates; pare them; possessive case; possessive pronoun; rather stout; select party; since love; terrible prowess; then roll; tremendous effort; wede away; would advise