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Ej!_nihilist Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
genitive or objective case form?
I'm also dealing with this problem of genitive or objective case form in these sentences:
I dislike him/his driving my car.
We look forward to you/your becoming our neighbour.
I look forward to it/its getting warmer in spring.
Peter stopped the vehicle's crashing into the fence.
In all cases I incline to the genitive form, but doing that just by feeling.
(and doing so turned out to be wrong in several cases before:)
thanks in advance !
I dislike him/his driving my car.
We look forward to you/your becoming our neighbour.
I look forward to it/its getting warmer in spring.
Peter stopped the vehicle's crashing into the fence.
In all cases I incline to the genitive form, but doing that just by feeling.
(and doing so turned out to be wrong in several cases before:)
thanks in advance !
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The genitive is correct, because -ing form is used as a noun, and it needs a possessive
- The genitive is correct, because -ing form is used as a noun, and it needs a possessive
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The genitive is correct, because -ing form is used as a noun, and it needs a possessive
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