adjective. Used as a modifier before a noun.

pronoun. Used to indicate the one or ones belonging to him.

The possessive (genitive) masculine (and formerly also neuter) of he.

A perverted form of the genitive inflection -s, -'s, Middle English and early modern English -es, -is (see -es and -s), which was confused with the genitive pronoun his, and became common especially after nouns whose nominatives end in -S.

[The use naturally extended to the feminine gender and the plural number:

pronoun. Belonging or pertaining to him; -- used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; ; formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete.

pronoun. The possessive of he.

pronoun. Belonging to him.

pronoun. Used erroneously in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in s, to express the possessive case.

pronoun. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.

"That mother had no idea what Bailey had just been through, and his rugged appearance was only his  proud testament to his life at that moment."

he  her  hers  him  

Is  Liz  Ms  Ms.  biz  

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