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

Possessive Pronouns English Grammar

In English language grammar, a pronoun fulfills a distinct role that isn’t always possessive.
A pronoun fills in for another noun.
By nature, a pronoun is more generic than a noun. Here is a chart of nouns and how you might refer to them as pronouns.

Noun	As a pronoun...
Rock	It is over there.
Sally	That football is hers.
Mittens	They make me warm.
Dusty the cat	He is my buddy.

In each highlighted instance, you only know what the pronoun refers to because you have the far-left column to clarify it. Without that column, you would have no idea what “it,” “hers,” “they,” or “he” refers to.
Only one of these examples uses a possessive pronoun, however. That possessive pronoun is “hers.”
A possessive pronoun indicates that someone or something has or owns something else.
This doesn’t necessitate two physical things. It can also include properties. Here are two examples.

Subject	Possesses…	Using the noun	Using the pronoun
Sally	Rock (a thing)	Sally’s rock	Her rock
Dusty the cat	Friendly behavior (a property)	Dusty the cat’s friendly behavior	His friendly behavior

In terms of English grammar, possessive pronouns are a case of pronoun. Specifically, they are of the genitive case.
The case of a word changes based on its role in the sentence (e.g., whether it acts, is acted upon, or possesses something).
The genitive case shows possession.
English does not have many cases. However, most instances of case in English deal with the genitive case in nouns and pronouns. Here is how a singular noun vs. a singular pronoun is made genitive.

Noun	Genitive form
Toby	Toby’s
He	His

A noun adds a -’s for singular genitive nouns, while a pronoun morphs. This is similar for plural nouns and pronouns.

Noun	Genitive form
The leaders	The leaders’
They	Their/Theirs

At this point, it would be useful to have the full chart of possessive pronouns and some further context about the morphology.