Possessives

Long, long ago.

Welcome to English Forums,Sentient.

Sentient"Our are happy to have your answer questions' posted in our forums if your are polite and if your try to be accurat

Some sentences would not even exist in grammatical worlds. Of course, grammar is to subjective due to everyone's (note: possessive) employing different standards of grammar (based on different time periods).

Something along the lines of "We are happy to have your answering questions...", if the aim is not to deviate from the original structure particularly.

Also, thank you, Miste

"We are happy to have your answering questions...",

Sentient, you really think that version is more clear?

Surely we use that structure in things like "Your answering questions here has been a big help," but that's the same thing. In that case, it's the process of the answering that is great. In the former, it's YOU that is welcome, while you're in the pro

Grammar Geek

"We are happy to have your answering questions...",

Sentient, you really think that version is more clear?

Surely we use that structure in things like "Your answering questions here has been a big help," but that's the same thing. In that case, it's the process of the answering that is great. In the former, it's YOU that is we

SentientWe are happy to have you answer questions

The above structure has nothing to do with the gerund. "To have somebody do something" is an old structure and do is an infinitive. ("To have somebody's do something" is incorrect.)

CB

I clearly picked an awful example. I am aware of the correctness of the "had [someone] do" form, but was attempting to date more simple things such as writing "saw him doing" versus "saw his doing".

I think this question can be considered answered.

SentientI think this question can be considered answered.

That calls for celebration!