I tried , but I failed. I couldn't find anything on the websites.Yes, of course it's still used.
Why don't you go ahead and find some examples of your own? You can post them here.
Just google "its imports" or "its capital", to use two examples at random. Use the quotation marks.I couldn't find anything on the websites.
Is "its" as a possessive pronoun still used? and if so give me examples.View attachment 5052
6.29 Determinative and independent possessives
Note [a] Independent its may occasionally be found in parallel constructions, such as:
History has its lessons and fiction has its(*1).She Knew the accident was either her husband's fault or the car's: it turned out to be not his but its(*1).
i'd have those as possessive adjectives. Note the form of the possessive pronouns in that list.
- The dog hurt its paw.
- The school celebrated its tenth anniversary.
- There is a general sense that the United States and its allies have limited leverage.
- Columbia University seems to have forgotten its core values.
- Most of its funding comes from federal grants with very little oversight
i'd have those as possessive adjectives. Note the form of the possessive pronouns in that list.
I'd say the possessive pronoun its is not used.
Is "its" as a possessive pronoun still used? and if so give me examples.View attachment 5052
That chart could have appeared in any one of many books published for secondary schools in the 1940s, 50s, 60s and 70s in the UK. The thought that by and our could be pronouns would have been laughed out of the classroom in those days.I don't know where you got that chart from; the items in the last column have none of the properties of adjectives and hence are best classified as pronouns. For example, the dependent forms "my" and "our" are just as much pronouns as the independent forms "mine" and "ours" are.
.That chart could have appeared in any one of many books published for secondary schools in the 1940s, 50s, 60s and 70s in the UK. The thought that my and our could be pronouns would have been laughed out of the classroom in those days.
But people used to.I don’t see any compelling reasons for classifying words like “my” and “our” as adjectives.
It used to be felt that 'joining' was a gerund, effectively a noun. What preceded it was the possessive form of a noun or a possessive adjective. Some of the word classes favoured today will probably look just as ridiculous in sixty years' time.And this example: No one objected to my joining the party.
An adjective analysis here makes no sense at all. “My” is functioning as subject of a clause, not a modifier in noun phrase structure. Note also that “my” can be replaced by a genitive noun phrase such as “Ed’s”.