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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