pronoun.
Your – its meaning and usage Your is the possessive form of the pronoun you. Your is used as a second-person possessive adjective. This means that the word your is always followed by a noun which belongs to or is associated with you.
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Is your a noun or pronoun?
The possessive pronouns are my, our, your, his, her, its, and their. There’s also an “independent” form of each of these pronouns: mine, ours, yours, his, hers, its, and theirs. Possessive pronouns are never spelled with apostrophes. Possessive pronouns simplify constructions that show possession of a noun.
Is your verb or noun?
Understanding how to use YOUR and YOU’RE:
Your is the second person possessive adjective, used to describe something as belonging to you. Your is always followed by a noun or gerund. You’re is the contraction of “you are” and is often followed by the present participle (verb form ending in -ing).
Is the word your a pronoun or adjective?
My, your, his and her are all possessive adjectives. We use a possessive adjective before a noun: This is my brother.
List of possessive adjectives and pronouns.
| Possessive adjectives, possessive pronouns | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| your, yours | Your baby is beautiful. Which house is yours? | your = possessive adjective yours = possessive pronoun |
Is your a noun?
We use possessive determiners before a noun. We use possessive pronouns in place of a noun: Is that [determiner]your scarf?
Pronouns: possessive (my, mine, your, yours, etc.)
| personal pronoun | possessive determiner | possessive pronoun |
|---|---|---|
| you (singular and plural) | your | yours |
| he | his | his |
| she | her | hers |
| it | its | its* |
Is your a singular?
Your is a second person possessive adjective that is used as both the singular and plural form.
Are your or is your?
If the noun is singular, use is. If it is plural or there is more than one noun, use are.
Is it you and your or your and your?
You should use are because “you and your family” is a plural subject. When the subject of a sentence has two parts joined by “and” it makes the subject plural, so you should use a plural verb. Below are more examples of sentence subjects with two parts.
Is your proper grammar?
Your is a possessive adjective. It is always followed by a noun in a sentence. You’re is a contraction of two words, “you” and “are.” Contractions can be easily recognized by the apostrophe.If not the correct word to use is your.
Is it your or you re?
The easiest way to remember which word to use is to remember that you’re is a contraction of the words you are. You’re = you are. Keep this in your mind if you get a little stuck. Whereas, your = belonging to a person.
What is mean by your?
your/ you’re
You‘re is short for “you are” and your shows ownership.
How do you use yours?
When to Use Yours
When you are indicating possession, yours is the correct choice—not your’s. You do not need an apostrophe to indicate possession because yours itself is a possessive pronoun. In this sense, yours is similar to other possessive pronouns like its, whose, and ours.
What is a different word for your?
What is another word for your?
| your guys’s | y’all’s |
|---|---|
| you guys’ | you guys’s |
| your guys’ | yours |
| your guys’s |
Is your a determiner?
Your is a possessive determiner (followed by a noun), being a possessive form of you.
How do you use mine and my?
Difference Between My and Mine
- My is a possessive adjective.
- Mine is a possessive pronoun.
- My indicates the possession of the noun that follows it.
- Mine replaces noun phrases to avoid repetition.
- My is immediately followed by a noun.
- Mine is not followed by a noun.
- My and the noun that follows it can replace mine.
Do your or does your?
Use “does” for present tense third person singular. Use “do” for present tense first and second person singular and plural, and third person plural.
What is plural of your?
your: the dependent genitive (possessive) form. yours: independent genitive (possessive) form. yourselves: the plural reflexive form. yourself: the singular reflexive form.
IS YOUR is a subject?
They are I, you, he, she, we, they, and who. Any noun performing the main action in the sentence, like these pronouns, is a subject and is categorized as subjective case (nominative case). English grammar requires that the subject come before the verb in a sentence (except in questions).
Is your teacher or are your teacher?
Both are possible, but it is more common–in fact, it’s the more preferred. The reason being, gender-neutral it in Yes, it is doesn’t refer back to the phrase your teacher, but rather refers to substantive this, short for this [person].
Is your parents or are your parents?
“Parents” is a plural word so we use “are”.
Are your family or is your family?
It should be ‘ your family is‘ and not ‘are’. Although a family consists of two or more than two members, it’s considered as a singular number. So, if you follow the ‘subject-verb agreement’ rule, you’re to use the singular form of the verb ‘be’, that’s. ..’is’.