Yours vs. Thine — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Yours and Thine
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Definitions
Yours
That which belongs to you (singular); the possessive second-person singular 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.
Thine
Archaic form of yours; the thing or things belonging to or associated with thee
His spirit will take courage from thine
Yours
That which belongs to you (plural); the possessive second-person plural pronoun used without a following noun.
Thine
Form of thy used before a vowel
Inquire into thine own heart
Yours
Written at the end of a letter, before the signature.
Yours sincerely,
Yours faithfully,
Sincerely yours,
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Thine
Used instead of thy before an initial vowel or h
"The presidential candidates are practicing the first rule of warfare.
Yours
See the Note under Your.
Thine
(archaic) Singular second person prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).
Thine
(archaic) Singular second person possessive pronoun; yours
Thine
A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers.
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