Question

Fill in the blank with the appropriate pronoun:
The plants in ___ garden are encroaching on mine.

• A. you
• B. yours
• C. your
• D. my

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

"You" is usually a second person pronoun. It is also used to refer to an indeterminate person. "Your" is a possessive adjective, so it is always used with a noun: your house, your cat, etc. "Yours" is a possessive pronoun, which replaces the noun. "My" is a possessive that is always used together with a noun, and is always used like an adjective (i.e. before the noun). The blank needs a pronoun in the second person as this sentence is spoken in first person to the second person. "Your" is the possessive adjective that is used for the noun "plants" of the garden which are encroaching into the first person's garden. "Your" is the correct option.

Option B is correct.