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Makko Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Why is it 'my' instead of 'me'?
I encounter the following and have no understanding of why it's written in such a way:
"...he thought my catching the fish was exciting"
to me, it should be:
"...he thought me catching the fish was exciting"
Why is 'my' used instead of 'me'?
"...he thought my catching the fish was exciting"
to me, it should be:
"...he thought me catching the fish was exciting"
Why is 'my' used instead of 'me'?
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Catching - is a gerund, What is exciting is catching the fish. Who caught it? You.
- Catching - is a gerund, What is exciting is catching the fish.
- Who caught it?
- You.
- While "me" catching a fish is exciting -may sound ok among people who couldn't care less about grammar, it is incorrect.
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Catching - is a gerund, What is exciting is catching the fish. Who caught it? You.
While "me" catching a fish is exciting -may sound ok among people who couldn't care less about grammar, it is incorrect.
While "me" catching a fish is exciting -may sound ok among people who couldn't care less about grammar, it is incorrect.
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Catching is a gerund, the noun form of the verb; it takes a possessive [my / your / John's].
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