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.his applies especially to third-person personal pronouns, and to relative pronouns. For example, in the sentence That poor man looks as if he needs a new coat, the antecedent of the pronoun he is the noun phrase that poor man. The adjective associated with pronoun is pronominal.