Which sentence contains the correct use of a possessive pronoun?

A) The Amazon parrot that greets visitors in the lobby of the Houston Museum of Natural Science looks so similar to yours.

B) The Amazon parrot that greets visitors in the lobby of the Houston Museum of Natural Science looks so similar to your's.

C) The Amazon parrot that greets visitors in the lobby of the Houston Museum of Natural Science looks so similar to yours'.

D) The Amazon parrot that greets visitors in the lobby of the Houston Museum of Natural Science looks so similar to you'res.

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Kieran Garza

12 April, 08:19

Which sentence contains the correct use of a possessive pronoun?

A) The Amazon parrot that greets visitors in the lobby of the Houston Museum of Natural Science looks so similar to yours.

B) The Amazon parrot that greets visitors in the lobby of the Houston Museum of Natural Science looks so similar to your's.

C) The Amazon parrot that greets visitors in the lobby of the Houston Museum of Natural Science looks so similar to yours'.

D) The Amazon parrot that greets visitors in the lobby of the Houston Museum of Natural Science looks so similar to you'res.

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Leia Morrow · Answer 1

Answer (A) is correct. In the sentence: " The Amazon parrot that greets visitors in the lobby of the Houston Museum of Natural Science looks so similar to yours," "yours" is the possessive pronoun. "Yours" is the correct possessive pronoun form of "you," not "yours'," "your's," or "you'res."