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"Don't put all your eggs in one basket." In the sentence, "your" is

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Possessive adjective.

Step-by-step explanation:

Adjectives are part of speech that stand beside a noun and modify it. There are several types of adjectives: descriptive, possessive, demonstrative, interrogative, or indefinite.

Possessive adjectives imply possession of something or when it is about humans - relationship.

What often is confused are possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns, but pronouns stand on their own.

In the given sentence possessive pronoun would be used in this way:

All eggs in the basket are yours.

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