Pronouns

Concept:Use the Words ‘your’ & ‘yours’

Definition:

• A pronoun is a word that replace a noun in a sentence to avoid repetition of the noun.
• Words like ‘your’ and ‘yours’ are called pronouns.

Let’s see when we can use ‘your’ and ‘yours’.

a) The use of ‘your’:

• The pronoun ‘your’ describes a noun. The speaker uses the word ‘your’ when talking about someone else’s belongings.
• The pronoun ‘your’ can show both singular and plural nouns in a sentence.
• ‘Your’ is placed before a noun in a sentence.

Examples:

1. 
• The speaker is talking about a bag (noun) that belongs to someone the speaker is talking to. Therefore, we used the pronoun ‘your’. It shows possession or ownership of the noun ‘bag’.
• The pronoun ‘your’ is written before the noun ‘bag’.
• Notice the pronoun ‘your’ refers to a singular noun.
2. 
• The speaker is referring to the dogs (noun) that belong to someone. To show possession or ownership of the noun (bag) we used the pronoun ‘your’.
• In the above sentence, the pronoun ‘your’ is followed by the noun ‘pets’.
• We used ‘your’ to talk about plural nouns ‘pets’ in this example.

b) The use of ‘yours’:

• We use the pronoun ‘yours’ instead of a noun to show something belongs to someone.
• ‘Yours’ can replace both singular and plural nouns in a sentence.
• Usually, a sentence ends with the pronoun ‘yours’.
• The pronoun ‘yours’ is not followed by a noun; instead, you will notice that the noun is always found before the pronoun.

Example:

• The pronoun ‘yours’ replaces the noun to show the possession or ownership of the noun.
• ‘Yours’ came at the end of a sentence.

Common mistakes:

1. We can’t begin a sentence with the pronoun ‘yours’. We can use ‘your’ at start of a sentence.

Examples:

Your mother is calling you back home.

Yours mother is calling you back home.

2. ‘Yours’ can’t be followed by a noun but is written before the pronoun.

‘Your’ is always followed by a noun.

Examples:

I can’t visit your house.

I can’t visit yours house.