【牛津实用语法】第七章所有格代词 人称代词及反身代词（[Oxford] the seventh chapter grammar possessive pronouns and Reflexives）.docVIP

【牛津实用语法】第七章所有格代词 人称代词及反身代词（[Oxford] the seventh chapter grammar possessive pronouns and Reflexives） The seventh chapter of personal pronouns and possessive pronouns, reflexive pronouns my, mine, I, myself etc. 62 possessive pronouns and possessive adjective words Possessive adjective / possessive pronoun Note: here without any apostrophe is left word (apostrophe). Students should pay attention to in writing, the possessive adjective its, dont make the common mistake with the apostrophe. It s means it is. Thy thine is the second person singular ancient possessive adjectives and possessive form. They are no longer used in modern English and can only be seen in the Bible and in poetry before twentieth Century. One s one is a pronoun possessive adjective form. 63 describe the consistency between words and possessive usage A in English possessive adjectives in grammar refers to what owner rather than to have something. What a man or a boy has is his thing (his things). A woman or a girl has her thing (her things): Tom, s, father, is, his, father. Toms father is his father. Mary s, father, is, her, father. Maries father is her father. What animals or other things possess is its thing (its contents): A, tree, drops, its,, leaves, in, autumn. The trees shed their leaves in autumn. A, happy, dog, wags, its, tail. The happy dog wagged its tail. But if you know the sex of an animal, you usually use his / her to refer to it. If the owner of the thing is more than one person, use the their:The girls are with their brother. The girls are with their brother. Trees, drop, their, leaves, in, autumn. The trees shed their leaves in autumn. Note: no matter what is singular or plural, possessive adjective form does not change: my glove my gloves my gloves my gloves His foot one of his feet, his feet, his feet B possessive adjectives with clothes, often in all parts of the body: She changed her shoes.. She changed a pair of shoes. He injured his back. He was injured in the back. (see sec