Lección de inglés: Possessives
www.curso-ingles.com › pronouns › possessivesIn both cases we are expressing a possession and a possessor; in this case, the dress. In the first sentence, the possessive determiner “her” indicates that both the speaker and the listener know who is being referred to; whereas in the second sentence, the speaker wants to acknowledge the name of the possessor. 1.