This interesting grammar question was posted in Jose Carillo’s English Forum recently by John Johnson, a new member based in Russia: “There is no doubt that ‘mine’ is a pronoun in ‘She is an old ...

The difference between 'it' and 'they' may seem obvious but there are similar uses that make it a bit trickier. These two words are very similar, they are both possessive words, but there is a big ...

It is National Families Week in Australia from 15 May to 21 May. In this lesson, let's find out how to use the correct personal pronouns and possessive determiners when we talk about our family. When ...

In last week’s column, I explained to a member of Jose Carillo’s English Forum based in Russia how the word “mine” could work as a determiner in a very limited, now archaic way in addition to its well ...