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Which statement is correct?  He is following mine and his dad's footsteps OR He is following me and his dad's footsteps

Zafar142003 · Accepted Answer

He is following his dad and me in our footsteps.
He is following us (his dad and me) in our footsteps.
He is following his dad's and my footsteps.

i think these appear to be alright.

CalifJim · Answer

AnonymousWhich statement is correct? He is following mine and his dad's footsteps OR He is following me and his dad's footsteps

In my opinion there is no solution to this problem which is not awkward. Technically, this is correct:

He is following in his dad's and my footsteps.

But I prefer

He is following in his dad's footsteps and mine.

This is just a personal preference. Others will have other views.

CJ

Dimsumexpress · Answer

Hi zafar142003,
I may be wrong. but this how I appraoch your sentences:
The #1 sentence is grammatically ok, but awkawrd to me. "He is following his dad and me" is fine, however, it means something slightly different. Follow in one's footsteps means walking the same footprints of someone. But the way it was structured into the sentence didn't quite work in my opinion.

In the #2 sentence, the problem remains. You merely combined the objects.

In #, "his dad's..." is a possessive case where a noun [footsteps] should be established but was missing. So to phrase it correctly, these are my suggestions:
" He is following in his dad's footsteps and mine ".
" He is following in my footsteps and his dad's ".
" He is following in our footsteps"

zafar142003He is following his dad and me ~~in our footsteps~~.
He is following us (his dad and me) ~~in our footsteps.~~
He is following his dad's [footsteps] and mine

Khoff · Answer

Note that you "follow in someone's footsteps" -- not "follow someone's footsteps."

Zafar142003 · Answer

I think I quite agree. Thanks.

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