I feel that possessive determiners (better than adjective as a  
designation) and possessive pronouns should be taught separately from  
the first, as their forms and functions are different. The determiner  
forms cannot occupy noun phrase slots like subject or direct object,  
and the possessive pronoun forms cannot modify nouns (expressions  
like "mine eyes" are archaisms).

Det.     Pronoun
my       mine
your    yours
her      hers
his      his
its       its?
our     ours
your   yours
their   theirs

Dr. Johanna Rubba, Ph. D.
Associate Professor, Linguistics
Linguistics Minor Advisor
English Dept.
Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Ofc. tel. : 805-756-2184
Dept. tel.: 805-756-2596
Dept. fax: 805-756-6374
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URL: cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba

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