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Mercyful_fate Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Is (you) used as object and subject in this sentence?

I don't appreciate you making me feel bad.


Is you here used as (appreciate) object and the subject of (making)? If not, how did we use the phrase (making me feel bad) without preposition or conjunction, etc.
  

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Mercyful_fate I don't appreciate you making me feel bad. " As a verbal, the gerund "making" can also take an object: "me" is the direct object of "making," and "feel bad" is object complement . " I don't like lying!

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  • Mercyful_fate I don't appreciate you making me feel bad.
  • " As a verbal, the gerund "making" can also take an object: "me" is the direct object of "making," and "feel bad" is object complement .
  • " I don't like lying!
  • " I don't like her/your lying!
  • "
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Mercyful_fateI don't appreciate you making me feel bad.
It should be "your making me feel bad." It's a gerund phrase, and calls for the possessive "your."
The whole phrase is direct object of the verb "appreciate."

As a verbal, the gerund "making" can also take an object: "me" is the direct object of "making," and "feel bad" is o
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