Question

Fill in the blank with the appropriate pronoun:
The book you have just picked up is ___ newest.

• A. my
• B. mine
• C. ours
• D. me

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

A word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g. I, you ) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g. she, it, this ) is a pronoun, In this case, the noun book refers to a pronoun.

"My" is a possessive that is always used together with a noun, and is always used like an adjective (i.e. before the noun). "Mine" is a possessive that is never followed by a noun. On the other hand, "me" is almost always used after the verb. Ours is the first person plural possessive pronoun – it replaces "our" + noun (Not applicable in this case).

Option B is correct.