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Mines vs. Mine

Mines

Deep holes or tunnels in the ground from which valuable minerals or substances are taken.

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Mine

/maɪn/

A place where minerals or other materials are extracted from the earth; one's possession or belonging.

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'At the bottom of mines?The Erzgebirge began to be mined for iron in medieval days."Not in mine," he announced.

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Ways to tell them apart:

Mine can refer to possession or a place where minerals are extracted.
Mines is the plural form of mine when referring to multiple locations where minerals are extracted or to refer to multiple explosive devices.
Think of mine as something personal – it’s mine if I am talking about owning something.
Use mines in a context where you talk about locations of mineral extraction or multiple explosive devices, you wouldnt say it is mines' to mean possession.
The singular mine can also be a pronoun, whereas mines is strictly a plural noun.

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