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Rh Examples. , my house;, his house; , our house; , myself; , himself; , at themselves; , I strike.

The word may also be used (generally as a distinct word) to mark emphasis, either by itself or in conjunction with the emphatic particles: as
 * , my own house
 * , even my house
 * , my fine large house

and may both mean "my house," but the latter is used when we wish to distinguish our own property from that of another person; as, your house and mine,.

The possessive adjectives are frequently compounded with the following prepositions:—

, in;, with; , to; , from; and , under.