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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Which one is correct

1) This building's being in the US is an unusual thing. 2) This building being in the US is an unusual thing.
  

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Anonymous 1) This building's being in the US is an unusual thing.

— Canadian45

  • Anonymous 1) This building's being in the US is an unusual thing.
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Anonymous1) This building's being in the US is an unusual thing. Emotion: yes
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May I ask why we need the saxon genitive here?
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Perfect StrangerMay I ask why we need the saxon genitive here?
We use the possessive form before a gerund or other noun.

His (stealing)(theft) of the car was so dumb.
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Perfect StrangerMay I ask why we need the saxon genitive here?
The rationale is that being in the US is functioning like a noun, so the possessive is used just as it would be before a single-word noun: I like his shirt (not him shirt). You’ll hear the ’s dropped before gerund clauses, nevertheless.

An exception is when t
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Aspara GusAn exception is when there is used: There is no evidence of there being life on mars (not there’s).
There is no possessive form of "there".
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canadian45There is no possessive form of "there".
Yes, and it is therefore an exception.
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Aspara Guscanadian45There is no possessive form of "there".Yes, it is therefore an exception.
But I don't know why you even mention "there"; it has nothing to do with nouns, gerunds or possession.
But 'their' is another story.
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canadian45I don't know why you even mention "there"; it has nothing to do with nouns, gerunds or possession
Really? I thought it was to stop this kind of nonsense.

We can't rely on there's being enough plates at George's, so we'll bring some of our own.

CJ
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CalifJim? I thought it was to stop this kind of nonsense.
We can't rely on there's being enough plates at George's, so we'll bring
1) I was not aware that that kind of nonsense is prevalent. I don't recall coming across it.
2) Prevalent or not, "there's" was mentioned as an "exception". It's not an exception; it's an outright mistake.
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canadian451) I was not aware that that kind of nonsense is prevalent. I don't recall coming across it.
Well, now you can say you came across it. I just wrote an example.
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