His/My/Her - ING
Hey guys.
I have recently posted a question in this forum which was about an explicit subject in a non-finite gerund clause:
Becoming rich is what I want
Seeing is awesome
My becoming rich is what I want
His seeing is awesome
Sometimes, we can say "Me becoming rich is.." or "Him seeing is.." this is the informal way to add the subject to a gerund phrase. However, for a while, I wondered why not say just "Me becoming.." which would be the most logical? - So, I reached a conclusion: It could be possibly confused wih another grammatical structure:
For instance: If I said: I witnessed his achieving his dreams.
"His achieving his dreams" is a gerund phrase with an explicit subject, which is acting as the direct object/verb complement of the verb: "Witnessed", however, if I changed it for: I witnessed him achieving the summit.
Its grammatical structure could be misunderstood, like: I witnessed him achieving his dreams, - "him" would be the direct object/verb complement of the verb "Witnessed" and "achieving his dreams" would be a gerund phrase acting as the object complement, correct?
What do you think?
Top answer
" As the subject of the verb, is, those are ungrammatical. Prodigy Its grammatical structure could be misunderstood, like: I witnessed him achieving his dreams, - "him" would be the direct object/verb complement of the verb "Witnessed" and "achieving his dreams" would be a gerund phrase acting as the object complement, correct? No.
- " As the subject of the verb, is, those are ungrammatical.
- Prodigy Its grammatical structure could be misunderstood, like: I witnessed him achieving his dreams, - "him" would be the direct object/verb complement of the verb "Witnessed" and "achieving his dreams" would be a gerund phrase acting as the object complement, correct?
- No.
- An object complement renames the object.
- We named him William .
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Prodigy"Me becoming rich is.." or "Him seeing is.."
As the subject of the verb, is, those are ungrammatical.
ProdigyIts grammatical structure could be misunderstood, like: I witnessed him achieving his dreams, - "him" would be the direct object/verb complement of the verb "Witnessed" and "achieving his dreams" would be a
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