Yours

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English

Etymology

(Can we verify this etymology?) From your.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Yours

  1. That which belongs to you; the possessive second person pronoun used without a following noun.
    If this edit is mine, the other must be yours.
    Their encyclopedia is good, but yours is even better.
    It’s all yours.
  2. Written at the end of a letter, before the signature.
    Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, Yours, Sincerely yours

Notes

  • In British English the adverb almost invariably follows the word yours at the end of a letter; in most dialects of American English it usually precedes it. As a general rule, sincerely is only employed if the name of the recipient is already known to the writer; a letter begun with Dear Sir or Dear Madam finishes with faithfully. Yours on its own and yours ever are less formal than the other forms.

Derived terms

Translations

possessive pronoun
Sincerely

See also

English personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Subject Objective Reflexive Possessive Possessive Pronoun
Singular First — I me myself my mine
Second — you,
thou (archaic) 		you,
thee (archaic) 		yourself,
thyself (archaic)
theeself (archaic) 		your,
thy (archaic) 		yours,
thine (archaic)
Third Masculine he him himself his
Feminine she her herself her hers
Neuter it itself its its (rare)
Plural First — we us ourselves our ours
Second — you,
ye (archaic) 		you yourselves your yours
Third — they them themselves their theirs
Indefinite Third — one oneself one's —
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