English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
MORE ON PRONOUNS: COMMON ERRORS
I like ~this your~ bag (nonstandard).
I like *this bag of yours* (standard).
Demonstratives (this, that, these, those) and possessives (my, your, her) do not precede a noun in immediate succession.
This book is ~her’s~ (nonstandard).
This book is *hers* (standard).
Possessive pronouns do not attract apostrophe before s:
Theirs, (not, their’s)
Ours (not, our’s)
Yours’ sincerely (nonstandard)
Yours sincerely (standard; British)
Sincerely yours ( standard; American)
This closing remark used at the end of a formal letter before signing one’s name does not attract an apostrophe.
GAB
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