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Navitasan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
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Are these sentences correct:
1-It was unusual his behaving that way.
2-It was smart his saying that he had met me only yesterday.
3-It was a pity his being ill.
1-It was a terrible accident his slipping and falling down the stairs.
It these sentences are correct, don't they need a comma before 'his'?
1-It was unusual his behaving that way.
2-It was smart his saying that he had met me only yesterday.
3-It was a pity his being ill.
1-It was a terrible accident his slipping and falling down the stairs.
It these sentences are correct, don't they need a comma before 'his'?
Top answer
The sentences sound okay to me in informal conversation. I don't recall any grammarian dealing with this structure and would refrain from using it in serious writing. CB
- The sentences sound okay to me in informal conversation.
- I don't recall any grammarian dealing with this structure and would refrain from using it in serious writing.
- CB
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The sentences sound okay to me in informal conversation. I don't recall any grammarian dealing with this structure and would refrain from using it in serious writing.
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