go/come

How about my going to Japan in May?

Both are fine. Don't use my going.

Meathawk Both are fine. Don't use my going.

Are you sure?

Hey Yoong,

I am sorry if I sound ruin replying that way. Let me explain why it would be incorrect.

"How about my going to Japan in May?"

If you structured the question this way, there is no acting verb. The word going by itself acts as a noun. My going is the noun of the question.

PreciousJonesHow about I go to Japan in May? Or does it have to be How about I come to Japan in May?

Both are natural. I think I’d use come.

Meathawk Both are fine. Don't use my going.

Why not? It's correct - though I'd probably use 'my coming'.

There is no finite verb in that utterance, but it's perfectly natural and correct conversational English.

fivejedjonMeathawk Both are fine. Don't use my going.

Why not? It's correct - though I'd probably use 'my coming'.

So you would say that: "How about my going to Japan in May?" is correct? Because that is what I am referring to when I say don't use my going.

The gerund clause doesn’t sound very natural to me. In AmE, at least, PJ’s examples would be more likely in conversation.

MeathawkSo you would say that: "How about my going to Japan in May?" is correct?

I do say that it is fine in informal English. You'll hear it all the time.