Monday, September 15, 2014

pronouns - Which is correct here, "your" or "yours"?



I know that




  • "Your" is a determiner and,


  • "Yours" is a possessive pronoun.



I had a case where I wasn't sure if it should be used as a determiner or pronoun:




In response from your and someone's answers




OR





In response from yours and someone's answers




Which was the correct use?


Answer



Your is a possessive adjective:





Your raincoat is red.




Whereas yours is a possessive pronoun:




That raincoat of yours is red.




Yours, the possessive pronoun is used to refer to a thing or things belonging to or associated with the person or people that the speaker is addressing.







With your example phrase:




In response from your and someone's answers.




You could say:





In response to your and someone's answer, it could be concluded that....




or alternatively:




In response to someone's answer and [also] yours, it could be concluded that...





With the latter example, the possesive pronoun yours is referring to the answer.


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