Learn English – A tricky “you” vs “your” vs “yours” when using conjunctions!

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Which one is correct?

  1. You need you and your partner's documents.
  2. You need your and your partner's documents.

Also, am I safe to assume that the following version is certainly wrong?

  1. You need yours and your partner's documents.

Best Answer

In my strong opinion, from all the above sentences the only grammatically correct is

You need your and your partner's documents.

Although I would put it:

You need your partner's and your documents.

To test it, you may take away "(and) your partner's"):

You need your documents. (correct)

*You need yours documents. (incorrect)

*You need you documents. (incorrect)

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