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Aug 24, 2017
pronoun
Aug 24, 2017
In that sentence, the word "his" is a pronoun called a possessive adjective, a word that takes the place of a possessive noun.
Explanation:
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.
There are two types of pronouns that show possession.
A possessive adjective is placed before a noun to describe that noun by taking the place of a possessive noun.
- They are: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.
A possessive pronoun takes the place of a noun that belongs to someone or something.
- They are: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.