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be subject or object
refer to a singular or plural antecedent
All the essays were good but his was the best. (subject = his essay)
John found his passport but Mary couldn't find hers. (object = her
passport)
John found his clothes but Mary couldn't find hers. (object = her clothes)
Here is your car. Ours is over there, where we left it. (subject = Our car)
Your photos are good. Ours are terrible. (subject = Our photos)
Each couple's books are colour-coded. Yours are red. (subject = Your
books)
I don't like this family's garden but I like yours. (subject = your garden)
These aren't John and Mary's children. Theirs have black hair. (subject =
Their children)
John and Mary don't like your car. Do you like theirs? (object = their car)
Notice that the following (with apostrophe [']) do NOT exist: her's, your's, their's
Notice that the interrogative pronoun whose can also be a possessive pronoun
(an interrogative possessive pronoun). Look at these examples:
There was $100 on the table and Tara wondered whose it was.
This car hasn't moved for two months. Whose is it?