+211.+ You will note in these sentences above that we have used the
pronoun _my_ and _your_ and _his_ and _her_ as _my principles_, _your
friend_, _his rights_, _her freedom_. This is the possessive form of
these personal pronouns, the form that denotes ownership or possession.
You remember that nouns had a possessive form, a form to denote
possession or ownership, as, _The man's book._ _The boy's school._ _The
worker's college._ So pronouns also have a possessive form which we use
to show that an object belongs to such and such a person or thing. If I
want to tell you that I own or possess a home, I say, _I own my home_.
Each personal pronoun has its possessive form, thus:
+Singular+
_Subject Form_ _Possessive_
_First person._ I My, mine
_Second person._ You Your, yours
_Third person._ He, she, it His, her, hers, its
+Plural+
_Subject Form_ _Possessive_
_First person._ We Our, ours
_Second person._ You Your, yours
_Third person._ They Their, theirs