A Good Label for a Bad Cause. The very word âprotectionismâ is one of its selling points. It implies that those who favor protectionist measures want to shield, guard and defend Americans from forces which undermine their economic welfare.
A possessive pronoun indicates it is acting as a subject complement or a subject of the sentence. For example: 1  The smallest gift is mine. 2  This is yours. * 3  Here the possessive pronouns acts as a subject complement. 4  His is on the kitchen counter. 5  Theirs will be delivered tomorrow. 6  Ours is the green one on the corner.
In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun is a word that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase. It is a particular case of a pro-form. Pronouns have traditionally been regarded as one of the parts of speech, but some modern theorists would not consider them to form a single class, in view of the variety of functions they perform. Subtypes include personal pronouns, reflexive and reciprocal pronouns, possessive pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, relative pronouns, interrogative pronouns, and indefinit