Is mine and my correct?
Is mine and my correct?
As you rightly note, my is a possessive adjective and mine is a possessive pronoun. So, this means you use my where you already have a noun (such as question) and want to indicate ownership. Like with all pronouns, you use mine in place of another noun when it’s understood what’s being discussed.
Is it yours and mine or your and my?
Either “your and my” or “yours and my” is very likely to be folded up into “our” in normal usage, so their usage is maybe more influenced by similar constructions. I would say the preference for “yours and my” is based on the similarity to the more commonly-used “yours and mine”.
Is it my and my husband’s or mine and my husband’s?
The question of whether to say or write “my husband and I” or “I and my husband” is not a matter of grammar but one of modesty or politeness. It is usually considered good form not to put oneself first. It is correct to say “My husband and I are going to a party”.
What’s the difference between ” my ” and ” mine ” in grammar?
In nineteenth century grammar, and earlier, however, “my” etc were indeed categorised as (dependent) possessive pronouns, while “mine” etc were classed as independent possessive pronouns. Then some grammarians started classing “my” etc as possessive adjectives, an idea that prevailed until the idea of determiners was born, fairly recently.
When to use’my’and’mine’in possessive terms?
‘My’ is not a possessive pronoun and ‘Mine’ is a possessive pronoun. ‘My’ is a determiner which is always used before a noun. For Example: My Book. Not, Mine book. Once you have mentioned the Noun, you can use the pronoun i.e., the possessive pronoun ‘Mine’
When do you use yours and mine in English?
Both your and my grandparents grew up listening to this piece of music. This sounds perfectly natural and correct. With regards to yours and mine, this is ungrammatical. The reason for this is that in modern English we never use mine or yours when there is a following noun.
Which is correct Yours and mine or your and mine?
What confuses me is my own rule of breaking the sentence in two and decide what fits. If I break, it appears that . . . Your grandparents + my grandparents = *Your and my grandparents had . . . * What if I use possessive pronoun ‘yours’ this way?