Difference btwn your's,her's,our's, their's& yours,hers,ours

Question

Can anyone explain me the use and difference between your's, her's, our's, their's and yours, hers, ours?

jonnyh · Answer

Someone correct me if I am mistaken, but I don't think you ever write "her's", "your's" or "our's"

The way I think about a word like "your" is that it is the second person possessive adjective, used to describe ownership. When used properly, it is almost always followed by a noun.

e.g. "Is that your dog?"

When you don't follow the word with a noun, then you can use "yours"

e.g. "Is that dog yours?"

nikhilsamuel89 · Answer

your's, her's, our's, their's
I don't think one can use the above words. These are not like  it's , which is basically a contraption, a short-form, of  it is  So, similarly, he's would be he is and so on.
One doesn't say your is, and so on.

and yours, hers, ours. These are possessive cases. Eg. This pen is  yours . This book is  hers .

Hope this helps

Radheya · Answer

The first set of words are incorrect. An apostrophe s is a short form of writing, for example,
It's - It is
You're - You are

I think the below 2 line conversation would clear the doubt.
Jon - Who's pen is it?
David - It's hers. (hers is referring to a third person)

I hope this helps.
Consider giving a kudos, if it helped.

Difference btwn your's,her's,our's, their's& yours,hers,ours

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