Pronoms Possessifs & Reflexifs en Anglais

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1. Adjectifs possessifs vs Pronoms possessifs

L'adjectif possessif est toujours suivi d'un nom. Le pronom possessif s'utilise seul et remplace le nom.

Personne	Adj. possessif	Pr. possessif	Exemple
I	my	mine	my book / This is mine.
You	your	yours	your pen / This pen is yours.
He	his	his	his car / The car is his.
She	her	hers	her idea / The idea is hers.
It	its	--	The dog wagged its tail.
We	our	ours	our office / This office is ours.
They	their	theirs	their results / Those are theirs.

Attention ! "Its" (possessif) ne prend JAMAIS d'apostrophe. "It's" = it is / it has. Les pronoms possessifs (mine, yours, hers, ours, theirs) ne prennent JAMAIS d'apostrophe non plus.

2. Pronoms reflexifs (Reflexive Pronouns)

Le pronom reflexif indique que le sujet fait l'action sur lui-meme. Il sert aussi a l'emphase.

Sujet	Reflexif	Exemple reflexif	Exemple emphatique
I	myself	I cut myself.	I did it myself.
You (sg.)	yourself	Don't hurt yourself.	Do it yourself.
He	himself	He introduced himself.	He built it himself.
She	herself	She prepared herself.	She wrote it herself.
It	itself	The door closed itself.	The system itself failed.
We	ourselves	We enjoyed ourselves.	We organised it ourselves.
You (pl.)	yourselves	Help yourselves.	See for yourselves.
They	themselves	They hurt themselves.	They fixed it themselves.

3. Erreurs courantes a eviter

"He gave it to me" (PAS "to myself" -- le reflexif ne s'utilise que quand sujet = objet)
"This is hers" (PAS "her's" -- jamais d'apostrophe)
"The company changed its policy" (PAS "it's" -- pas d'apostrophe pour le possessif)

4. Exercices

Choisissez la bonne reponse :

1. Is this laptop ___ (your/yours)?

2. She did all the research by ___ (her/herself).

3. The cat licked ___ (its/it's) paw.

4. Our results are better than ___ (their/theirs).

5. He gave the document to ___ (myself/me).

6. ___ (Their/They're) office is on the third floor.