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Tamguatlay Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Is 'from' needed?

They insisted on my resigning (from) the post.

Is 'from' needed?

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tamguatlay Is 'from' needed? No. - CB

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  • tamguatlay Is 'from' needed?
  • No.
  • - CB
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tamguatlayIs 'from' needed?
No. - CB
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Isn't this sentence look awkward ? use of "my" confuses me..

"They insisted that I should resign from the post"
"They insisted I should resign from the post"
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johny007Doesn't this sentence look awkward?
No. You can use "my" as the subject of a gerund (resigning), just as "I" is the subject of the plain form (resign).

The two ways of saying it have the same meaning.

They insisted that I (shoul
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