'This is her' or 'This is she'?
His and Hers
His and hers are possessive pronouns. They are used to substitute a noun and to show possession or ownership.
Example: This hat is hers.
Note: We never use apostrophes with pronouns: 'Hers is black' is correct; not 'her’s is black'.
His and Her
His and her are possessive adjectives; they usually describe a noun. They come before the noun.
Example: This is her hat
He and She
He and she are personal pronouns they are used instead of the man's or woman's name.
Example: Do you know Susan? She is my sister.
Note: She is the nominative form of the word, so it can not be used to describe somebody who is the object of a sentence. For example 'This is she' is not correct because 'this' is the subject. The correct sentence should be 'This is her'.
Himself and Herself
Himself and herself are reflexive pronouns they are used when the object of a sentence is the same as the subject: the person who does the action of the verb is the same person who receives the action
Example: She did it herself.
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- Can you drive ___ to work?
- This cat is ___.
- I heard that ___ won the lottery.
- She said that she wanted to do it ___.
- Do you think ___ is older than me?
- There is a problem with ___ TV.
- Has ___ called you yet?
- She doesn't want to go by ___.
- There is no way ___ will agree with me.
- ___ brother is a doctor.
- The boat is ___.
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Nice lesson
Thanks, now we are experts in possessive pronouns and we can speak about "her cat" ourselves.
And of course, we must say "this is me, who always makes a lot of mistakes"
It is always easy to do the exercises and it is always tricky to speak and to write correctly.
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The example about possessive pronouns are really good, and used usually
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i like it very much & now i m very intrested to learn this.
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Hello! Explain me please: why in the second sentence we write: This cat is hers but That is her. I can't understand difference?
Explanation
When we say, "This cat is hers", it is the same as saying, "This is her cat".
In the later case, "her" is used as possessive adjective (possessive, because it says that the cat belongs to her). It indicates that the "cat" is "her cat" (as in "good cat" or "bad cat" etc). While, in the former case, "hers" is a possessive pronoun and is the object in the sentence. Clearly, we can't use "she" as it is not the subject. Also, as the "cat" has already come before the pronoun, we can't use adjective form. In fact, using "This cat is her", means that "her" now refers to "this cat".
When we say "This is her", we use "her" because it is the object of the sentence. We can't use "she" because, it is not the subject. Using "hers" is also okay, as in "The bag is very nice. That is hers!!" but it will mean that we are talking about something (here "the bag") which belongs to her.
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it is avery easy lesson but i was confused adout the example (i think, that is her) but now i understand it as the personal pronoun she can not be used instead of an object, so we must use her
Very interesting test
Very interesting test
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EXCELLENT PRACTICE. THANKS.
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very educational!
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Sentences and meanings get clearer and when you have the 'whys' of saying things as they should be said, it makes doing the exercises even easier.
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thanks for giving this exercise. now i can understand better than before.
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Very help me to learned more possessive adjectives.
I sometime done the wrong her between hers
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Now I learnt how to use pronouns in correct form
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yay......... i did it without mistake...
Very useful lesson!
Very useful lesson! Thanks. I thought it was easy, but made two mistakes.