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Imsam Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Is it "You don't mind me..." or "You don't mind my..."
Which is correct grammatically?
"I hope you don't you don't mind me telling you what to do."
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"I hope you don't you don't mind my telling you what to do."
"I hope you don't you don't mind me telling you what to do."
OR
"I hope you don't you don't mind my telling you what to do."
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I think you can say both - ? but await instruction from ppl with more interest in the nuts and bolts of grammar than I have!! my GUESS is - in the first the "me telling you" is a verb form, so the me is a personal pronoun and "telling" is the progressive aspect of the verb...
- I think you can say both - ?
- but await instruction from ppl with more interest in the nuts and bolts of grammar than I have!!
- my GUESS is - in the first the "me telling you" is a verb form, so the me is a personal pronoun and "telling" is the progressive aspect of the verb...
- in the second "my telling" is grammatically different, with a possessive pronoun (my) and the "telling you" is like a gerund or abstract noun in ....
- as much it is functioning as something that belongs to you ...
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I think you can say both - ? but await instruction from ppl with more interest in the nuts and bolts of grammar than I have!!
my GUESS is - in the first the "me telling you" is a verb form, so the me is a personal pronoun and "telling" is the progressive aspect of the verb...
in the second "my telling" is grammatically different, with a possessive pronoun (my) and the "telli
my GUESS is - in the first the "me telling you" is a verb form, so the me is a personal pronoun and "telling" is the progressive aspect of the verb...
in the second "my telling" is grammatically different, with a possessive pronoun (my) and the "telli
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"me telling you what to do" can only mean "that I tell you what to do."
"my telling you what to do" can mean both "that I tell you what to do" and "the way I tell you what to do."
Some people (they are few, though) prefer the second option as the "most correct", but both are used.
"my telling you what to do" can mean both "that I tell you what to do" and "the way I tell you what to do."
Some people (they are few, though) prefer the second option as the "most correct", but both are used.
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Both are fine. The second is perhaps more formal rather than more correct IMHO.
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Henry
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I was wrong in something I said in my post. The second one can't mean "the way I tell you what to do."
If the sentence had been "...you don't mind my telling you", then "...they way I tell you" would have been a possible interpretation of the sentence.
If the sentence had been "...you don't mind my telling you", then "...they way I tell you" would have been a possible interpretation of the sentence.
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Both are correct.
In the first sentence, "me telling you what to do" is a noun clause. It is the object of the verb "mind". Within the clause, "telling you what to do" is a present participial phrase used as an adjective to modify "me".
In the second sentence, "my telling you what to do" is again a noun clause that is the object of the verb "mind". But changing the head word
In the first sentence, "me telling you what to do" is a noun clause. It is the object of the verb "mind". Within the clause, "telling you what to do" is a present participial phrase used as an adjective to modify "me".
In the second sentence, "my telling you what to do" is again a noun clause that is the object of the verb "mind". But changing the head word
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