8: his Dec 16, 2014

The word "his" can certainly be confusing is use. It is a possessive pronoun, and a possessive adjective, and can be used to express possession by the subject, or an object. In this way, in the sentence "Mr. Jones reads his book", it is unclear whose book this is. Is it "Mr. Jones reads his own book", expressing that it is his book, not just the book he is reading. Or could the sentence mean "Mr, Jones reads Mr Smith's book"? Thanks to English, we have no clue either way.