Possessive pronouns nd their two forms and syntactic functions in the sentence Context Introduction

Possessive Pronouns Used In Sentences

Because English is an analytic language, possessive pronouns must be used in particular places in sentences.
An analytic language uses word order, auxiliary verbs, and prepositions to indicate what is happening in a sentence.
A dependent possessive pronoun will always appear before what it possesses.
That is my watch.
If a possessive pronoun is independent (e.g., mine), it will appear as the object in a sentence.
The object of a sentence receives the verb from the subject.
In the case of independent possessive pronouns, that would look like:
The computer (subject) is (verb) mine (object).
While a dependent possessive pronoun can assist a subject or object in a sentence (e.g., “My friend is happy” or “John is my friend”), an independent possessive pronoun will always appear as the object of a sentence.
Unclear Pronouns: When using pronouns in writing, always beware of unclear pronouns. A pronoun is unclear if a reader doesn’t know what it refers to. For instance, “it is over there” might be unclear, whereas “the remote control is over there” is much clearer.
That said, pronouns have their uses, possessive or otherwise. You include pronouns to shorten ideas. For example, if one sentence reads, “Burry is a magical goblin,” then you probably wouldn’t follow it up with:

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  Burry’s favorite food is hoppop pie.
  

Instead, you would write:

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  His favorite food is hoppop pie.
  

This is because the subject “Burry” is perfectly clear, thanks to the prior sentence. This is a basic example, but even as sentences grow more complex, you still end up using more pronouns than not. As a rule of thumb, use a pronoun when:

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  It agrees with the last noun subject, OR
  
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  There is no immediate chance for confusion (for example, you can go back and forth between “he” and “she” if there are just two people talking and one is a “he” and the other is a “she.”