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Why can't we use "her" instead of "hers", in the sentence "i prefer your help to hers"?
Can you explain why we can't use "her" instead of "hers" in the sentence "I prefer your help to hers"?
Sure, "hers" is a possessive pronoun that refers to something owned by a female person or animal, while "her" is a pronoun used to indicate the female object of a verb or preposition. In the sentence "I prefer your help to hers", "hers" is used to indicate ownership of the help, which is what the speaker prefers over the help owned by someone else.