Some authors who classify both sets of words as possessive pronouns or genitive pronouns apply the terms dependent/independent[11] or weak/strong[12] to refer, respectively, to my, your, etc. and mine, yours, etc. Thus my is termed a dependent (or weak) possessive pronoun, while mine is an independent (or strong) possessive pronoun. Also, the first set may be called adjectival and the second set substantival possessive pronouns.