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Nugso Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Your losing/you losing

Hello everybody after a long time. Emotion: stick out tongue Anyway, Could you please tell me which one of the following sentences is correct?

What does the US have to do with you losing money?

What does the US have to do with your losing money?

I think the former is correct. However the second also sounds correct to me, for no reason. I probably have seen it before and it's somehow confusing me now.
  

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Both sentences are correct. CB

— Cool Breeze

  • Both sentences are correct.
  • CB
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Both sentences are correct.

CB
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Thanks Cool Breeze. Do both mean the same thing? If not, can you please tell me the difference?
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Nugso Do both mean the same thing?
Yes. - CB
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Thank you Cool Breeze.
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If you want to be "more" correct, use #2.
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Thank you Aspara Gus, but how is that more correct? By the way, that's what I was afraid of.
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Aspara GusIf you want to be "more" correct, use #2.
So who decides that that is 'more' correct?
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Nugsohow is that more correct?
The traditional rule is that the subject of a gerund clause (your losing money) must take the possessive form. An exception is there: The chances of there [not there's] being any survivors in the crash are nil.
fivejedjonSo who decides that that is 'more' correct?
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Aspara GusI think we would both agree that it would be preferable in any level of formal writing. I'd say that's reason enough to consider it "more" correct.
No, I don't agree. Even dear old Fowler made a case for the non-possessive form.
Aspara GusThe traditional rule
Which was just invented by writers of certain style guid
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Both are correct, but they have different emphasis.

Think about what "your" is to "you."
You is a personal pronoun, while your is a possesive determiner, and yours is a possesive pronoun.

Using "your" is emphasizing the fact the the person to whom this statement is being made is the one who lost the money. You are attributing the money being lost as being caused by the per
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