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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

your travel vs. your traveling

The correct answer seems to be "your traveling", but I want to explain my students why your travel is not correct. The full sentence is : " I can't agree to ( ) alone."

If anyone could shed some light on this, I'd be really happy!
  

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All of the following are acceptable in English, and mean approximately the same thing: you don't like the idea of the person traveling to some place alone. 1. I can't agree to your traveling alone.

  • All of the following are acceptable in English, and mean approximately the same thing: you don't like the idea of the person traveling to some place alone.
  • 1.
  • I can't agree to your traveling alone.
  • 2.
  • I can't agree to you traveling alone.
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All of the following are acceptable in English, and mean approximately the same thing: you don't like the idea of the person traveling to some place alone.

1. I can't agree to your traveling alone.

2. I can't agree to you traveling alone.

3. I can't agree to your travel alone.

1. and 2. would be the ones most often heard today. 3. is a little unusual and wo

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