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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Which is correct?

Which is correct? How would you have said it? It doesn't have to be one of these.
She hates it when I touch her when she is eating.
She hates it when I touch her while she is eating.
She hates my touching her when she is eating.
She hates my touching her while she is eating.

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Anonymous How would you have said it? She hates it when I touch her while she 's eating. Or, She hates being touched while she's eating.

  • Anonymous How would you have said it?
  • She hates it when I touch her while she 's eating.
  • Or, She hates being touched while she's eating.
  • You can forget about the ones with 'my touching her'.
  • Those gerund constructions are more literary than conversational.
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AnonymousHow would you have said it?
She hates it when I touch her while she's eating.

Or,

She hates being touched while she's eating.

You can forget about the ones with 'my touching her'. Those gerund constructions are more literary than conversational.

CJ

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