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Tue 6 Sep, 2016 02:21 pm
hi . are any of these sentences correct grammatically : 'my problem is you smoking' , 'my problem is your smoking' , 'my problem is him coming back home' , 'my problem is his coming back home'
the first two sentences used when talking about something done regularly or in the present time and the last ones for when talking about the future .
are any of them common if written or spoken english . articles , book , newpapers , conversations .
thank you .
@shshoo,
I believe the second one of each is correct, and I dont think the first ones are.
You have identified two variant forms: me/you/him/them + gerund versus my/your/his/their + gerund. Both are in use, and the possessive (my/your/his/their) is favoured by older grammar books, however the non-possessive is much more widely used today.
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