Difference between Your and Yours.

This is your cat. This cat is yours. Did you know that in English these and similar sentences will be constructed using different words - in the first case your is used, in the second - yours. What does it depend on? Let's figure it out.

Both your and yours belong to the category of possessive pronouns. But your is the basic form, while yours is absolute. Of course, these definitions do not help to understand the difference, so let's get down to specifics.

Both of these pronouns translate as "your / your / your / your / your / your / your / yours." But the basic form is used in conjunction with the noun and defines it. This is your cat - This isyourcat. The absolute form does not imply the presence of a noun and stands up to replace it. In the sentence "This cat is yours" you by default omit the second word cat, because the full sentence would sound like this: "This cat is your cat." The word "your" allows you not to repeat the noun "cat", just as the word "yours" does in English: this cat isyours.

For better discrimination and memorization, the following names are used for these possessive pronouns: noun pronouns (yours) and adjective pronouns (your).

Conclusions TheDifference.ru

  1. your complements a noun (defines), yours - replaces.
  2. your is an adjective possessive pronoun, yours is a noun possessive pronoun.
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