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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

which of the following is correct?
1.I don't like you coming late at night.
2.I don't like your coming late at night
  

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Both sentences are correct.

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Both sentences are correct.
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As I am led to understand, the first one is considered more informal and the second one more formal. The second option, "your coming late", is correct, but it is a discussable issue whether the first option, "you coming late" is also correct or not, even though it is probably the one that would sound the most natural to a native English speaker.

I personally recommend the second sentence,
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MrGuedes but it is a discussable issue whether the first option, "you coming late" is also correct or not,
Only among prescriptive writers of style guides. No serious grammarian has questioned its acceptability for many years.
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MrGuedesAs I am led to understand, the first one is considered more informal and the second one more formal. The second option, "your coming late", is correct, but it is a discussable issue whether the first option, "you coming late" is also correct or not, even though it is probably the one that would sound the most natural to a native English speaker.I personally recomm
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AnonymousThe second one is stilted. The first one would be more common and natural.
I agree that the first is probably more common. The second might be considered more formal, but I don't think it's stilted. There are still quite a few of us who use it naturally.
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fivejedjonI agree that the first is probably more common. The second might be considered more formal, but I don't think it's stilted. There are still quite a few of us who use it naturally.
A lot of people don't speak in such a formal way, in everyday, informal situations.
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AnonymousA lot of people don't speak in such a formal way, in everyday, informal situations.
No, but, as I said, there are quite a few of us who still do.
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fivejedjonthere are quite a few of us who still do.
As for instance me.
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fivejedjonNo, but, as I said, there are quite a few of us who still do.
I do that as well. I feel that adding some degree of formality somehow makes a language more beautiful. I like that. That is why, in the presented situation, I would choose the second option.
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