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When to use an object pronoun or a possessive adjective before a gerund
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You are always complaining about me driving your car.
You are always complaining about I driving your car.
You are always complaining about my driving your car.
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You are always complaining about me driving your car.
You are always complaining about I driving your car.
You are always complaining about my driving your car.
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I’ve been finding it difficult because sometimes one thing is grammatically wrong nevertheless people say it. Even native speakers. I’m debating about those three and about “ you are always complaining about I am driving your car and you are always complaining that I am driving your car.
– Marcio Henrique Fonseca
yesterday
Possible duplicate of When to use an object pronoun or a possessive adjective before a gerund (Note that your second example is just completely invalid).
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When to use an object pronoun or a possessive adjective before a gerund
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You are always complaining about me driving your car.
You are always complaining about I driving your car.
You are always complaining about my driving your car.
grammaticality pronouns
edited yesterday
virolino
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When to use an object pronoun or a possessive adjective before a gerund
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You are always complaining about me driving your car.
You are always complaining about I driving your car.
You are always complaining about my driving your car.
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When to use an object pronoun or a possessive adjective before a gerund
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This is not a homework doing site, this site is to help you with your learning. What are your thoughts, why are you finding this difficult?
– WendyG
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I’ve been finding it difficult because sometimes one thing is grammatically wrong nevertheless people say it. Even native speakers. I’m debating about those three and about “ you are always complaining about I am driving your car and you are always complaining that I am driving your car.
– Marcio Henrique Fonseca
yesterday
Possible duplicate of When to use an object pronoun or a possessive adjective before a gerund (Note that your second example is just completely invalid).
– FumbleFingers
yesterday
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This is not a homework doing site, this site is to help you with your learning. What are your thoughts, why are you finding this difficult?
– WendyG
yesterday
I’ve been finding it difficult because sometimes one thing is grammatically wrong nevertheless people say it. Even native speakers. I’m debating about those three and about “ you are always complaining about I am driving your car and you are always complaining that I am driving your car.
– Marcio Henrique Fonseca
yesterday
Possible duplicate of When to use an object pronoun or a possessive adjective before a gerund (Note that your second example is just completely invalid).
– FumbleFingers
yesterday
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This is not a homework doing site, this site is to help you with your learning. What are your thoughts, why are you finding this difficult?
– WendyG
yesterday
This is not a homework doing site, this site is to help you with your learning. What are your thoughts, why are you finding this difficult?
– WendyG
yesterday
I’ve been finding it difficult because sometimes one thing is grammatically wrong nevertheless people say it. Even native speakers. I’m debating about those three and about “ you are always complaining about I am driving your car and you are always complaining that I am driving your car.
– Marcio Henrique Fonseca
yesterday
I’ve been finding it difficult because sometimes one thing is grammatically wrong nevertheless people say it. Even native speakers. I’m debating about those three and about “ you are always complaining about I am driving your car and you are always complaining that I am driving your car.
– Marcio Henrique Fonseca
yesterday
Possible duplicate of When to use an object pronoun or a possessive adjective before a gerund (Note that your second example is just completely invalid).
– FumbleFingers
yesterday
Possible duplicate of When to use an object pronoun or a possessive adjective before a gerund (Note that your second example is just completely invalid).
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There are two options here.
The first guideline is that prepositions take third-person pronouns.
So one always complains about me/him/her/them and never about I/she/he/they.
So your second option about I is always wrong.
Many people, unaware of this rule, tend to say things like from my wife and I, which sounds more impressive but is wrong. If you turn the phrase around from I and my wife you see how wrong it is. We don't ever say from I....
But there is another consideration.
Traditionally, possessive adjectives were used before gerunds in the same way that they are still used before nouns.
They don't like my singing/songs
But most native speakers these days say they don't like me singing instead. Most of the time the two constructions amount to the same thing. But there are times when the meaning changes, as in:
They don't like my singing because I'm off key.
They don't like me singing so soon after my throat surgery.
The first refers to the quality of the singing. The second refers to the danger to my health.
In your examples, complaining about me driving is subtly different from complaining about my driving. Whereas the first complaint might concern your age or eye-sight, the second points to your bad driving. But both are idiomatic.
In an English test, I should use my driving.
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Thank you, Ronald Sole. How about “ you always complain about I am driving your car / you always complain that I am driving your car?
– Marcio Henrique
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@MarcioHenrique It looks like you may have accidentally created a second account. You might want to use the “Contact” link at the bottom of the page to have them merged so that you will be able to edit and comment on your question.
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1 Answer
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There are two options here.
The first guideline is that prepositions take third-person pronouns.
So one always complains about me/him/her/them and never about I/she/he/they.
So your second option about I is always wrong.
Many people, unaware of this rule, tend to say things like from my wife and I, which sounds more impressive but is wrong. If you turn the phrase around from I and my wife you see how wrong it is. We don't ever say from I....
But there is another consideration.
Traditionally, possessive adjectives were used before gerunds in the same way that they are still used before nouns.
They don't like my singing/songs
But most native speakers these days say they don't like me singing instead. Most of the time the two constructions amount to the same thing. But there are times when the meaning changes, as in:
They don't like my singing because I'm off key.
They don't like me singing so soon after my throat surgery.
The first refers to the quality of the singing. The second refers to the danger to my health.
In your examples, complaining about me driving is subtly different from complaining about my driving. Whereas the first complaint might concern your age or eye-sight, the second points to your bad driving. But both are idiomatic.
In an English test, I should use my driving.
answered yesterday
Ronald SoleRonald Sole
12.2k11125
Thank you, Ronald Sole. How about “ you always complain about I am driving your car / you always complain that I am driving your car?
– Marcio Henrique
yesterday
@MarcioHenrique It looks like you may have accidentally created a second account. You might want to use the “Contact” link at the bottom of the page to have them merged so that you will be able to edit and comment on your question.
– ColleenV♦
yesterday
add a comment |
There are two options here.
The first guideline is that prepositions take third-person pronouns.
So one always complains about me/him/her/them and never about I/she/he/they.
So your second option about I is always wrong.
Many people, unaware of this rule, tend to say things like from my wife and I, which sounds more impressive but is wrong. If you turn the phrase around from I and my wife you see how wrong it is. We don't ever say from I....
But there is another consideration.
Traditionally, possessive adjectives were used before gerunds in the same way that they are still used before nouns.
They don't like my singing/songs
But most native speakers these days say they don't like me singing instead. Most of the time the two constructions amount to the same thing. But there are times when the meaning changes, as in:
They don't like my singing because I'm off key.
They don't like me singing so soon after my throat surgery.
The first refers to the quality of the singing. The second refers to the danger to my health.
In your examples, complaining about me driving is subtly different from complaining about my driving. Whereas the first complaint might concern your age or eye-sight, the second points to your bad driving. But both are idiomatic.
In an English test, I should use my driving.
answered yesterday
Ronald SoleRonald Sole
12.2k11125
Thank you, Ronald Sole. How about “ you always complain about I am driving your car / you always complain that I am driving your car?
– Marcio Henrique
yesterday
@MarcioHenrique It looks like you may have accidentally created a second account. You might want to use the “Contact” link at the bottom of the page to have them merged so that you will be able to edit and comment on your question.
– ColleenV♦
yesterday
add a comment |
There are two options here.
The first guideline is that prepositions take third-person pronouns.
So one always complains about me/him/her/them and never about I/she/he/they.
So your second option about I is always wrong.
Many people, unaware of this rule, tend to say things like from my wife and I, which sounds more impressive but is wrong. If you turn the phrase around from I and my wife you see how wrong it is. We don't ever say from I....
But there is another consideration.
Traditionally, possessive adjectives were used before gerunds in the same way that they are still used before nouns.
They don't like my singing/songs
But most native speakers these days say they don't like me singing instead. Most of the time the two constructions amount to the same thing. But there are times when the meaning changes, as in:
They don't like my singing because I'm off key.
They don't like me singing so soon after my throat surgery.
The first refers to the quality of the singing. The second refers to the danger to my health.
In your examples, complaining about me driving is subtly different from complaining about my driving. Whereas the first complaint might concern your age or eye-sight, the second points to your bad driving. But both are idiomatic.
In an English test, I should use my driving.
answered yesterday
Ronald SoleRonald Sole
12.2k11125
There are two options here.
The first guideline is that prepositions take third-person pronouns.
So one always complains about me/him/her/them and never about I/she/he/they.
So your second option about I is always wrong.
Many people, unaware of this rule, tend to say things like from my wife and I, which sounds more impressive but is wrong. If you turn the phrase around from I and my wife you see how wrong it is. We don't ever say from I....
But there is another consideration.
Traditionally, possessive adjectives were used before gerunds in the same way that they are still used before nouns.
They don't like my singing/songs
But most native speakers these days say they don't like me singing instead. Most of the time the two constructions amount to the same thing. But there are times when the meaning changes, as in:
They don't like my singing because I'm off key.
They don't like me singing so soon after my throat surgery.
The first refers to the quality of the singing. The second refers to the danger to my health.
In your examples, complaining about me driving is subtly different from complaining about my driving. Whereas the first complaint might concern your age or eye-sight, the second points to your bad driving. But both are idiomatic.
In an English test, I should use my driving.
answered yesterday
Ronald SoleRonald Sole
12.2k11125
answered yesterday
Ronald SoleRonald Sole
12.2k11125
answered yesterday
Ronald SoleRonald Sole
12.2k11125
answered yesterday
Ronald SoleRonald Sole
12.2k11125
12.2k11125
Thank you, Ronald Sole. How about “ you always complain about I am driving your car / you always complain that I am driving your car?
– Marcio Henrique
yesterday
@MarcioHenrique It looks like you may have accidentally created a second account. You might want to use the “Contact” link at the bottom of the page to have them merged so that you will be able to edit and comment on your question.
– ColleenV♦
yesterday
add a comment |
Thank you, Ronald Sole. How about “ you always complain about I am driving your car / you always complain that I am driving your car?
– Marcio Henrique
yesterday
@MarcioHenrique It looks like you may have accidentally created a second account. You might want to use the “Contact” link at the bottom of the page to have them merged so that you will be able to edit and comment on your question.
– ColleenV♦
yesterday
Thank you, Ronald Sole. How about “ you always complain about I am driving your car / you always complain that I am driving your car?
– Marcio Henrique
yesterday
Thank you, Ronald Sole. How about “ you always complain about I am driving your car / you always complain that I am driving your car?
– Marcio Henrique
yesterday
@MarcioHenrique It looks like you may have accidentally created a second account. You might want to use the “Contact” link at the bottom of the page to have them merged so that you will be able to edit and comment on your question.
– ColleenV♦
yesterday
@MarcioHenrique It looks like you may have accidentally created a second account. You might want to use the “Contact” link at the bottom of the page to have them merged so that you will be able to edit and comment on your question.
– ColleenV♦
yesterday
add a comment |
2
This is not a homework doing site, this site is to help you with your learning. What are your thoughts, why are you finding this difficult?
– WendyG
yesterday
I’ve been finding it difficult because sometimes one thing is grammatically wrong nevertheless people say it. Even native speakers. I’m debating about those three and about “ you are always complaining about I am driving your car and you are always complaining that I am driving your car.
– Marcio Henrique Fonseca
yesterday
Possible duplicate of When to use an object pronoun or a possessive adjective before a gerund (Note that your second example is just completely invalid).
– FumbleFingers
yesterday