Hers
pronoun
Used to indicate that something belongs to or relates to a female person or animal that is previously mentioned or understood.
This is her book, not mine.
Often appears as...
- this is hers
- it's hers
pronoun
Used to indicate that something belongs to or relates to a female person or animal that is previously mentioned or understood.
This is her book, not mine.
Often appears as...
- this is hers
- it's hers
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Possessive Pronoun
Use 'hers' to show that something is owned by or belongs to a specific female person mentioned earlier.
Anna couldn't find her scarf, but I knew that the scarf on the chair was hers.
Pro Tip 2/3No 'Her' Before
'Hers' is used alone without 'her'. Saying 'her hers' is incorrect because 'hers' already shows possession.
That laptop is hers, not her sister's.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Replaceable
'Hers' cannot be replaced with 'her' when indicating possession at the end of a sentence.
Is this backpack her? Incorrect. Is this backpack hers? Correct.
Pro Tip 1/3Possessive Pronoun
Use 'hers' to show that something is owned by or belongs to a specific female person mentioned earlier.
Anna couldn't find her scarf, but I knew that the scarf on the chair was hers.
Pro Tip 2/3No 'Her' Before
'Hers' is used alone without 'her'. Saying 'her hers' is incorrect because 'hers' already shows possession.
That laptop is hers, not her sister's.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Replaceable
'Hers' cannot be replaced with 'her' when indicating possession at the end of a sentence.
Is this backpack her? Incorrect. Is this backpack hers? Correct.
Pro Tip 1/3Possessive Pronoun
Use 'hers' to show that something is owned by or belongs to a specific female person mentioned earlier.
Anna couldn't find her scarf, but I knew that the scarf on the chair was hers.
Pro Tip 2/3No 'Her' Before
'Hers' is used alone without 'her'. Saying 'her hers' is incorrect because 'hers' already shows possession.
That laptop is hers, not her sister's.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Replaceable
'Hers' cannot be replaced with 'her' when indicating possession at the end of a sentence.
Is this backpack her? Incorrect. Is this backpack hers? Correct.
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A crash course in...
and when it fits, it interferes with the chemistry of a disease. That's how drugs work. Natural or synthetic, they're all just molecules that happen to fit snugly somewhere important. But nature is much better at making them than we are, so hers look more impressive than ours, like this one.
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Dog vs. Chicken PIPE Dog...
she can't even touch the air give it anything that has belonged to the chicken she can't touch it's not hers no see now this is my what I like right now even though she's facing she she is beat she's breeding that obsessively now it's just part of life okay I never done this right but it
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Opportunity as a...
that happened I had a friend I thought it was a mild-mannered scholar turns out she's a political revolutionary she had done a public ceremony to burn her cast she was publishing radical poetry I stayed with a friend of hers from that era we gon a very different direction
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Close Encounter with a...
print which was the size of my hand so my hand compared to to hers she's just a little she's got great news so I need you to sit on here and hold her down a little bit okay okay yeah let's get manis day I never imagined I'd end up sitting or one of the rarest animals on
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Anant Agarwal: Why...
So we had a real issue with communicating, and we were just not communicating, until one day I had this epiphany. I texted her. I got an instant response. I said, no, that must have been by accident. She must have thought, you know, some friend of hers was calling her.
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Sarah Lewis: Embrace the...
There were some motifs and elements that would come up again later in her life. I remember asking her what she thought of those early works. If you didn't know they were hers, you might not have been able to guess. She told me that a few didn't quite meet
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The truth about...
her personal and professional life, but she knew ECT could make a difference for patients when all else failed. Though misperceptions about ECT persist, accounts like hers have helped make doctors and patients alike
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The Japanese folktale of...
Ready to be forsaken, the scholar approached the holy woman. But the medium merely smiled. She took his impure hand in hers, and whispered a blessing only he could hear— thanking him for his kindness.
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Art in the age of...
to see that wonderful world of the near future. I remember a specific line that kept playing over and over in my the scene when the android Rachael realizes that her memories are actually not hers,
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Sting: How I started...
I want a bigger life. I want a life beyond this town. I want a life that's out of the ordinary. It's my right. It's my right as much as hers.
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A crash course in...
and when it fits, it interferes with the chemistry of a disease. That's how drugs work. Natural or synthetic, they're all just molecules that happen to fit snugly somewhere important. But nature is much better at making them than we are, so hers look more impressive than ours, like this one.
Video examples
Dog vs. Chicken PIPE Dog...
she can't even touch the air give it anything that has belonged to the chicken she can't touch it's not hers no see now this is my what I like right now even though she's facing she she is beat she's breeding that obsessively now it's just part of life okay I never done this right but it
Video examples
Opportunity as a...
that happened I had a friend I thought it was a mild-mannered scholar turns out she's a political revolutionary she had done a public ceremony to burn her cast she was publishing radical poetry I stayed with a friend of hers from that era we gon a very different direction
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Close Encounter with a...
print which was the size of my hand so my hand compared to to hers she's just a little she's got great news so I need you to sit on here and hold her down a little bit okay okay yeah let's get manis day I never imagined I'd end up sitting or one of the rarest animals on
Video examples
Anant Agarwal: Why...
So we had a real issue with communicating, and we were just not communicating, until one day I had this epiphany. I texted her. I got an instant response. I said, no, that must have been by accident. She must have thought, you know, some friend of hers was calling her.
Video examples
Sarah Lewis: Embrace the...
There were some motifs and elements that would come up again later in her life. I remember asking her what she thought of those early works. If you didn't know they were hers, you might not have been able to guess. She told me that a few didn't quite meet
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The truth about...
her personal and professional life, but she knew ECT could make a difference for patients when all else failed. Though misperceptions about ECT persist, accounts like hers have helped make doctors and patients alike
Video examples
The Japanese folktale of...
Ready to be forsaken, the scholar approached the holy woman. But the medium merely smiled. She took his impure hand in hers, and whispered a blessing only he could hear— thanking him for his kindness.
Video examples
Art in the age of...
to see that wonderful world of the near future. I remember a specific line that kept playing over and over in my the scene when the android Rachael realizes that her memories are actually not hers,
Video examples
Sting: How I started...
I want a bigger life. I want a life beyond this town. I want a life that's out of the ordinary. It's my right. It's my right as much as hers.
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I want someone who is my partner in life. Who supports me, and I support her. I can share all my experiences in life with her, and she can share hers back with me. Not only do we love each other, but we accept, embrace, nurture, and care for each other.
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Cybill Shepherd
American Actress
My home is different from my mother's, because hers is filled with beautiful objects that I was always afraid of breaking. My home is the opposite. Bring on the kids, the dogs, the parties - there's nothing that's so important it can't be broken.
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Chanel Iman
American Model
My goal is to be a household name, and when I do that, I want to help other girls become models, and maybe even launch a fashion line with my mom, like Beyonce did with her mother. My mom has such a good eye, and it's always been a dream of hers.
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Andrea Barrett
American Novelist
Margot Livesey, my dear friend, reads all the drafts of what I write, and I read hers. We have an intense working relationship. I've been really lucky to know her. She's a great reader and teacher as well as an astonishingly good writer.
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Santigold
American Musician
My mom's collard greens. No one else in the world can make them like hers. I'm not just saying that because she's my mom. She's got some Mississippi secret. I could seriously eat them every day.
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Kartik Aaryan
Indian Actor
Life of an actor is not his or hers: it's everyone's life. Nothing is private; nothing is personal. If you're doing great in terms of work, that's the price you've to give.
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Abigail Adams
American First Lady
Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
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Jenna Morasca
American Model
My mother did not want cancer to interfere with my life, as she knew it would eventually end hers.
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Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
American Model
I really admire actresses like Meryl Streep; I would love to have a career like hers.
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Zendaya
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Janelle Monae, she has her own style, and it's specifically hers.
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