Me Ving or my Ving?
"Do you mind me smoking here?" "Do you mind my smoking here?" Are both correct?
My Canadian teacher says " my smoking " is wrong.
How about "I'm sorry for him being late". "I'm sorry for his being late."?
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" Correct informally and conversationally. " Correct formally. candle desk 354 My Canadian teacher says " my smoking " is wrong.
- " Correct informally and conversationally.
- " Correct formally.
- candle desk 354 My Canadian teacher says " my smoking " is wrong.
- Oh, dear!
- Your teacher is quite wrong.
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candle desk 354"Do you mind me smoking here?"
Correct informally and conversationally.
candle desk 354"Do you mind my smoking here?"
Correct formally.
candle desk 354My Canadian teacher says " my smoking " is wrong.
Oh, dear! Your teacher is quite wrong.
0nannan 775"Do you mind me smoking here?" "Do you mind my smoking here?" Are both correct?
My Canadian teacher says " my smoking " is wrong.
How about "I'm sorry for him being late". "I'm sorry for his being late."?
I suspect that your teacher considers my smoking to be a noun phrase rather than a verbal one on the grounds that the
0Thank you, Mister Micawber and billJ.
In textbook English, both are used, so I asked the difference showing several sentences in a textbook.
My teacher says, putting the possessive before gerund is wrong, only the objective is right.
However, when I searched the Internet, both seem to be OK, that's why I asked here for the first time.
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