From an online book review I saw this morning:
"I'm a big fan of her's."
I'm not a big fan of that. "Her's" is not a word. "Hers" is a possessive adjective, and possessive adjectives do not use apostrophes. Other possessives, such as Jake's or the teacher's, do.
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Wouldn't "hers" still be incorrect?
Consider "She's a friend of mine." You can't write "a friend of me" or "a friend of my."
"Hers" is therefore correct.
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