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are my, your, his, her, their, our adjectives or pronouns?Why?
give examples to clarify the points
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are my, your, his, her, their, our adjectives or pronouns?Why?
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They are all adjectives indicating possession. Pronouns take the place of nouns.

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His can be an adjective or a pronoun-
It's his book (adjective)
It's his (pronoun)
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