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Enchanted Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

verb.

"she doesn't like me being her superior"

in this sentence, if i say: she doesn't like me to be her superior. is the meaning the same? or changed?

Some one told me that if you use being, meaning you're already her superior, use to be, mean, you'll soon be.

Is his explanation accurate?

Thank you!

Ench
  

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She doesn't like my being her superior. " It means she doesn't like the fact that you are her superior. She doesn't like me to be her superior.

— BarbaraPA

  • She doesn't like my being her superior.
  • " It means she doesn't like the fact that you are her superior.
  • She doesn't like me to be her superior.
  • -- This is not a very likely sentence.
  • It sounds like she has various people who are her superior; sometimes it's you and sometimes other people.
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She doesn't like my being her superior. -- It's most correct to say "my" and not "me" but you will certainly hear "me." It means she doesn't like the fact that you are her superior.

She doesn't like me to be her superior. -- This is not a very likely sentence. It sounds like she has various people who are her superior; sometimes it's you and sometimes other people. She doesn't like it whe
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Cool, Geek.
thanks! very helpful.
Ench
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By the way, Geek:
Can you tell me why "She doesn't like me to be her superior" is not likely a sentence?
Thanks,
Ench
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How often is someone a person's supervisor sometimes, but not others? That's what would be required for "She doesn't like me to be her superior" to make sense to me. (She doesn't mind it when Joe or Mary are her superiors, but she doesn't like me to be her superior.)
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