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Fire1 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

It starts off with him ing,...

1. Hans Zimmer: What I love about Chris is that it feels like we're making moviesin hisgarage, which is really good.It's this little family, and we're working in great privacy , and it's actually a really nice way of working. It starts off with him giving me the script.

In the passage above, I'm curious about this part "It starts off with him giving me the script".

Q1) Was "giving me the script" used to refer to "him"?
I am not sure whether "giving me the script" is referring to "it" or "him".
If "giving me the script" refers to "him", what does "it" refer to?

Q2) If "giving me the script" refers to "it", can the part be seen as "Giving me the script starts off with him"?

I think that refers to him, though.

Q3) Is this part "It starts off with him giving me the script" grammatically correct and natural?

2. Monday starts off with me trying to convince my mother I'm too sick to write my French exam in the afternoon.

Q4) In 2, is "trying" referring to "me"?

Q5) Is sentence 2 natural and correct?

Please answer all the questions. I really want to know exactly.

Thank you very much.

  

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fire1 In the passage above, I'm curious about this part "It starts off with him giving me the script". g. "It starts off with a speech from the chairman" or whatever.

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  • fire1 In the passage above, I'm curious about this part "It starts off with him giving me the script".
  • g.
  • "It starts off with a speech from the chairman" or whatever.
  • "him giving me the script" is a kind of gerund phrase, a kind of noun-ified version of "he gives me the script".
  • fire1 what does "it" refer to?
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fire1In the passage above, I'm curious about this part "It starts off with him giving me the script".

This is basically the pattern "It starts off with X", where X is a noun phrase, as in e.g. "It starts off with a speech from the chairman" or whatever. "him giving me the script" is a kind of gerund phrase, a kind of noun-ified version of "he gives me the s

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