As for possessive pronouns like “its,” “whose” and “hers,” all you can do is remember that possession is incorporated into the word, so there’s no need for an apostrophe.

Possessive pronouns. In school, we heard over and over that a possessive takes an apostrophe. But the lesson about possessive pronouns doesn’t seem to get as much play.

CAN the possessive pronoun 'whose' be used after a thing? If so, could you please give me a few examples? I am puzzled as I thought 'whose' should be used after a pronoun, a person or animal.

The pronoun agreement comes into play when you add a possessive element to these sentences. "She types on her computer," and "they type on their computers." 12.