hers – English Grammar Profiler

Point 111 in PRONOUNS: the possessive pronoun ‘hers’ with singular reference, in subject position. Point 112 in PRONOUNS: the possessive pronoun ‘theirs’, with singular and plural reference, in subject position. *NOTE that there is no EGP point for hers as a subject with a plural reference.  This probably means that plural reference would be C2.  …

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C2, NOUNS, possessive, PRONOUNS / acquaintance, client, concern, hers, his, N, of, passion, PPGE, strength, theirs

Point 113 in the category of PRONOUNS is defined as: possessive pronouns ‘hers’, ‘theirs’ and ‘his’ after noun + ‘of’. A search in iWeb for: _N of his_P . 1 FRIEND OF HIS . 504 2 FAN OF HIS . 304 3 FRIENDS OF HIS . 115 4 PASSION OF HIS. 67   Thoroughbred Daily …

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B2, object, possessive, PRONOUNS, singular / hers, II, PELIC, PPGE

Point 96 in PRONOUNS is defined as: possessive pronoun ‘hers’, with singular reference, in object positions, and complement positions after ‘be’ and after prepositions. In iWeb: * * _vb hers 1 THE CHOICE IS HERS 28   BabyGaga What To Do If Someone Announced Your Pregnancy Before You Were Ready The choice is hers to …

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ADJECTIVES, B2, comparatives, possessive, PRONOUNS / as, complex, diverse, hers, JJ, JJR, ours, powerful, precious, sensitive, than, wealthy

Point 76 in the category of PRONOUNS is defined as: Possessive pronouns ‘hers’ and ‘ours’ in comparative clauses. An iWeb search for  _jj as|than hers|ours: 1 DIFFERENT THAN OURS 491 EXPERT EXAMPLE: His approach was totally different than ours. *’ from ours’ is traditionally correct, but this is the highest frequency example! 2 IMPORTANT AS OURS 470 3 GOOD AS …

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