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Flower1234 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Gerund?
which is correct?
1) We will not consent to you taking the car without my permission.
2) We will not consent to your taking the car without my permission.
1) We will not consent to you taking the car without my permission.
2) We will not consent to your taking the car without my permission.
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Where is the emphasis in the message being conveyed? We will not consent to you, and something you might do... or We will not consent to taking of the car..
- Where is the emphasis in the message being conveyed?
- We will not consent to you, and something you might do...
- or We will not consent to taking of the car..
- That determines whether you use the possessive before the gerund, so in your sentence, 'your taking' is preferable.
- compare He was a recluse most of his life, so very few photographs were taken.
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Where is the emphasis in the message being conveyed?
We will not consent to you, and something you might do...
or
We will not consent to taking of the car..
That determines whether you use the possessive before the gerund, so in your sentence, 'your taking' is preferable.
compare
We will not consent to you, and something you might do...
or
We will not consent to taking of the car..
That determines whether you use the possessive before the gerund, so in your sentence, 'your taking' is preferable.
compare
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flower1234which is correct?1) We will not consent to you taking the car without my permission.2) We will not consent to your taking the car without my permission.The possessive form is usually advised for the subject of a gerund, and that advice seems good in this case, but see the previous post for an example where the possessive is not the best solution.
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Hi,
1) We will not consent to you taking the car without my permission.
2) We will not consent to your taking the car without my permission.
Here are two other comments, about your intended meaning.
First, do you really want to use the words We/my, o
1) We will not consent to you taking the car without my permission.
2) We will not consent to your taking the car without my permission.
Here are two other comments, about your intended meaning.
First, do you really want to use the words We/my, o
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CliveIt sounds a bit like I will not giver permission that you can take my car without my permission, This seems close to nonsense.A frequent problem. It's to do with the forest and the trees.
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