Which sentence is correct:
Mine are the red packages on the right
My are the red packages on the right.
Thank you very much for the help!
determinerspossessivespronounsword-choice
Which sentence is correct:
Mine are the red packages on the right
My are the red packages on the right.
Thank you very much for the help!
Best Answer
Your first sentence using "mine" is the correct one.
Mine is a possessive pronoun, so you use it in place of a noun, e.g. "that's mine". My is a possessive adjective (also called a determiner); you use it to describe a noun as your own, e.g. "that's my umbrella".