. A possessive pronoun replaces a possessive noun. Use the pronouns my, your, his, her, its, our, and their with nouns. Use the pronouns mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, and theirs by themselves - Nouns and pronouns must agree when used in simple and compound sentences.

A. Proofread the paragraph. Circle any incorrect pronouns.

Mine brother and I visited our grandparents on theirs farm last summer. They have a vegetable garden, and they raise sheep. Theirs dogs help herd the sheep. My grandmother uses hers tomatoes to make delicious soup. Mine grandfather uses the sheep's milk to make cheese. We like the cheese sandwiches he makes from its. Theirs farm is a busy place in the summer. My brother and I had the best time on ours vacation.

B. Rewrite the paragraph with the correct pronouns.

identify the subordinate clause in each of the following sentences. tell whether each clause is used as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun.

11.) emily dickinson, who was born in 1830in amherst, massachusetts, was a great american poet.

12.) she appeared to lead a fairly normal life until she became a recluse in her family's home.

13.) there she wrote poems that literary critics now call "great american poetry".

14.) unfortunately, only a few of dickinson's poems were published while she was alive.

15.) after she died in 1886, her other poems were published.

16.) i think everyone should reaad at least some of dickonson's poetry.

17.) dickinson is a poet whose work i now read often.

18.) the poems i have just finished reading are "a narrow fellow in the grass" and "apparently with no surprise"

19.) the rythyms of dickonson's poems are best appreciated when you read the poems aloud.

20.) whatever i read by emily dickonson surprises amd inspires me.

i would need the available options to be listed to give you an answer.

i'm thinking it would be when compound subjects are joined by or, nor,either-or, neither-nor.

they bound logs together and built a raft. enkidu steered it down the great river. gilgamesh carried humbaba's head.