HERS | THEIRS (subject)

Point 111 in PRONOUNS:

the possessive pronoun ‘hers’ with singular reference, in subject position.

Point 112 in PRONOUNS:

the possessive pronoun ‘theirs’, with singular and plural reference, in subject position.

*NOTE that there is no EGP point for hers as a subject with a plural reference.  This probably means that plural reference would be C2.  However, the EVP lists ‘hers’ at A2.

iWeb search:

theirs _VV

1 THEIRS CAME 53
2 THEIRS LOOK 44
3 THEIRS WORK 43
4 THEIRS WORKS 40
5 THEIRS CALLED 38
6 THEIRS LIVES 36
7 THEIRS COMES 35
8 THEIRS MADE 34
9 THEIRS COME 32
10 THEIRS SET 32

hers_P _*Z

1 HERS IS 3217
2 HERS WAS 2413
3 HERS HAS 314
4 HERS DOES 120

5 HERS SINKS 119

= his and hers sinks

6 HERS LOOKS 48
7 HERS COMES 27
8 HERS GOES 21
9 HERS SEEMS 20
10 HERS MAKES 19


EXAMPLES:

Prisoner two also sees an odd number of black hats, so she knows hers is white and answers correctly.

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Theirs was a short voyage with massive consequences.

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