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How about you sponsoring a Singapore trip??I just want to know whether this sentence is correct?Could someone help me out?

Terryxpress · Accepted Answer

The automatic use of a pronoun in the objective case in constructions such as 'of you sponsoring...' and 'of me wanting...' is common.
Whether the objective case, or possessive case, depends on the intended meaning of the sentence:

Is it :"How about you..."?
or
"How about sponsoring..."?

It is clearly the latter, and the person doing the sponsoring is 'you', so:
"How about your sponsoring a Singapore trip?"
or
"How about your sponsoring a trip to Singapore?"
Which to use depends on the context of these words.

compare:
"He was such a recluse that there are very few photographs of him in existence. We do have one of him getting out of his car..."
Here, the emphasis is on actually having a photograph of him, rather than the 'getting out of his car'. The full sentence might be:
"...We do have one of him (as he is) getting out of his car..."

Shine12 · Answer

Hey thank you for your reply..
See suppose my friend is asking me "How about a singaopre trip this weekend"
Can i reply like :"How about you sponsoring it" in a casual way

Terryxpress · Answer

He is saying 'how about you and me taking a trip to...'
You, in a casual, humorous retort:
"And how about you paying for it?"
This parallels the 'how about you and me...' and use of the objective case 'you' places more of the emphasis on the 'you' than 'paying'.

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