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Alc24 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Deserve my
Can you use "deserve" like this?
They deserve my/me doing that to them.
Thank you
They deserve my/me doing that to them.
Thank you
Top answer
Yes. They deserve my doing that to them.
- Yes.
- They deserve my doing that to them.
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alc,
You can do this, but not exactly like your example.
If you say "They deserve my..." it is the present continuous tense and "doing that" tends to describe a past event.
It should read:
"They deserved my doing that to them."
However, you can say something like:
"They deserve my contempt."
"Thed deserve my attention."
Regard
You can do this, but not exactly like your example.
If you say "They deserve my..." it is the present continuous tense and "doing that" tends to describe a past event.
It should read:
"They deserved my doing that to them."
However, you can say something like:
"They deserve my contempt."
"Thed deserve my attention."
Regard
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It can be either; it depends on whether they still deserve it.
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