Concordancia y uso de los adjetivos posesivos

1. Tom’s father: his father. Mary’s father: her father. A tree drops its leaves in autumn. A happy dog wags its tail. The girls are with their brother. Trees drop their leaves in autumn. My glove, my gloves. His foot, his feet.

[En inglés los adjetivos posesivos presentan el género (allí donde, exclusivamente en el caso de his/her/its, lo distinguen) y el número del poseedor, no del nombre al que determinan ( la cosa poseída).]

2. She changed her shoes. He injured his back.

[Son de uso obligado con prendas de vestir y partes del cuerpo.]

3. My own room. Her own idea. A room of one’s own. I’m on my own (i.e.: I’m alone).

[Por motivos de énfasis, para subrayar el carácter exclusivo de la posesión por la persona implicada se les puede añadir own.]