c. 1300, hires, from her; a double possessive. Possessive pronouns in Modern English consist of the predicative (mine, thine, his, ours, yours, theirs) that come after the subject, and the attributive (my, thy, his, her, our, your, their) that come before it. In Old English and early Middle English, they were identical. To keep speech fluid, speakers began to affix an -n to the end of my and thy before words that began with vowels. This began late 13c. in the north of England, and by 1500 was standard.
Then the predicative and attributive pronouns split, and the pronouns in that class usually took up -s, the regular affix of possession. But the non-standard speech of the Midlands and south of England extended -n throughout (hisn, hern, yourn), a habit attested from 14c. and more regular than the standard speech, which mixes -s and -n.
雙語例句
1. Hers was a minor part, but she played it with gusto.
她演的是個(gè)小角色，但是演得很投入。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Hers is the kind of voice that excels at vocal gymnastics.
她的嗓音擅長演繹有難度的歌曲。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Nick's head bent slowly over hers until their mouths met.