A possessive pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as a marker of possession and defines who owns a particular noun (a person, place, thing, or concept). The possessive personal pronouns are "mine," "yours," "hers," "his," "its," "ours," and "theirs." Note that possessive personal pronouns are very similar to possessive adjectives like "my," "her," and "their."

Notes on possessive pronouns:

--Do not confuse the contraction of "it is" (it's) with the possessive pronoun “its”. For example, “That’s the dog’s food. → That’s its.”

-- Do not confuse the contraction of "they are" (they’re) with the possessive adjective their or the adverb there.

-- For the third person singular his and its, the possessive adjective and the possessive pronoun are identical: his and its.

--Remember that the pronoun refers to the actual original noun’s gender (male, female, or neutral). English uses very few gender-specific nouns. Do not use French noun genders in English. For example, when taking about a “spider’s web”, do not refer to it as “her” web. Instead, refer to it as “its” web. See Chapter 1.2.1 on page for more information on this.