The most common are the possessive pronouns and possessive adjective forms of personal pronouns.
The difference is that a possessive pronoun takes the place of a noun, showing that something belongs to that person or thing. The possessive pronouns are mine, yours, his, hers, its ours, theirs.
For example: The house on the corner is ours.
Possessive adjectives describe a noun. A possessive adjective is placed just before the noun that it describes. The possessive adjectives are my, our, your, his, her, its.
For example: Our house is on the corner.
Then there are the demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these, those). Again, the pronouns take the place of a noun in a sentence:
That is my favorite.
The adjective describes the noun and is placed just before the noun it describes:
That movie is my favorite.
The indefinite pronouns can also either take the place of a noun or describe a noun; for example:
Pronoun: You may have some, we have more in the kitchen.
Adjective: Please have more noodles, they're good with some gravy.
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