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possessive pronouns /whose

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  Possessive pronouns  are used in English to avoid repeating information that is already clear. In general it makes the sentence less confusing because the same information is not being repeated. This book is  my book , not  your book . (Sounds repetitive) This book is  mine , not  yours . (Mine and yours are  possessive pronouns ) In the sentence,  mine  is a possessive pronoun that replaces  my book . In the sentence,  yours  is a possessive pronoun that replaces  your book . The  possessive pronouns  in English are as follows: Subject Possessive Pronouns I Mine You Yours He His She Hers It --- * We Ours You (pl) Yours They Theirs whose vs  Who’s Both  who’s  and  whose  come from the pronoun  who  (shocking, right?). Who’s  is a  contraction , meaning it’s two words stuck together with some of the letters left out, and those letters are replaced with an apostrophe....

the unreal conditional

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  The Real Conditional (The Present Conditional) Sentences in the present conditional have one part of the sentence which begins with "if" and contains a verb in the present tense (Review present tense) and another part of the sentence in the future with "will" (Review future with "will").  If the part of the sentence with "if" goes first (as in the first example below), use a comma.  The present conditional also known as the "real" conditional because it is generally used with situations that are very likely (probable).  For example, in the sentence below, rain is a definite possibility.  If it rains, I will use an umbrella. I will use an umbrella if it rains.