- A possessive pronoun shows who or what has something. It may take the place of a possessive noun. A possessive pronoun does not take an apostrophe.
Sam held Sara’s cat. He held her cat. The cat was hers.
- An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun that does not refer to a particular person, place, or thing.
Anyone can attend the meeting.
- Most indefinite pronouns are either singular or plural. An indefinite pronoun such as all, any, most, none, and some can be singular or plural, depending on the phrase that follows it.
Indefinite pronouns used as subjects must agree in number with the verb.
If a possessive pronoun has an indefinite pronoun as its antecedent, the two pronouns must agree in number.
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