Question

How can you blame me? It’s not my fault. Its _________ own fault.
A) My
B) Him
C) Hers
D) Your

Answer 1

Hint: Pronouns are basically words that substitute for a noun or noun phrase. Pronouns do all the things that nouns do. For example, he, she, it, they, someone, who etc. Pronouns can be subject, object, direct and indirect objects, objects of the preposition.

Complete answer:
Since the accusation is put at the person addressed to, a second person pronoun should be used in the sentence. As possession is indicated, a possessive pronoun is the second person should be used here in the blank.

Let us analyze the given options:
Option A) My – the use of the word ‘my’ is inappropriate in the blank because it does not make any sense in the meaning or distort the meaning in the sentence because the speaker said that it’s not her fault. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.

Option B) Him – the use of ‘him’ is incorrect because it does not fit well in the blank because the use of ‘him’ will make the sentence grammatically incorrect and ‘him’ is used in the sentence when the pronoun is the object of a sentence. “How can you blame me? It’s not my fault. It's him own fault”. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.

Option C) Hers – Her is used when the pronoun is the object of the sentence. The form hers are actually possessive in nature and her is a part of possessive adjective. Therefore, the use of her in the blank is inappropriate and will make the sentence incorrect. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.

Option D) Your – Your is a second person possessive noun and it is used to refer to a thing or things associated with the person or people that the speaker is referring to. For example, the choice is yours. Thus, the use of this option in the blank is the most appropriate answer. Therefore, this is the correct answer.

Thus the correct answer is option ‘D’ i.e, How can you blame me? It’s not my fault. It’s your own fault.

Note: Types of pronouns:
1) Personal pronouns: He, they, we
2) Demonstrative pronouns: This, that, these
3) Interrogative pronouns: which, whose, who
4) Indefinite pronouns: none. Several, any
5) Possessive pronouns: his, yours, ours
6) Relative pronouns: which, who, that
7) Reciprocal pronouns: each other, one another
8) Reflexive pronouns: itself, himself, herself