Should we use possesive pronoun or posssive adjective after "pre+geround+.." Why we should use possesive prounon after the gerounds? I've read in an English article that says "Verb forms ending in “-i

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Should we use possesive pronoun or posssive adjective after "pre+geround+.." Why we should use possesive prounon after the gerounds? I've read in an English article that says "Verb forms ending in “-ing” can function as nouns and are sometimes preceded by pronouns. Such verb/noun forms are called “gerunds.” You’ll often see sentences like this: “I didn’t appreciate him returning the car with the gas tank empty.” But “returning” is a gerund, so it should be preceded by a possessive pronoun: “I didn’t appreciate his returning the car. . . .” But I don't think we use like this .for example we say "your cooking or your detailing answer or like the one the text gave "I didn't appreciate him..." not 'his' Am I right or I didn't get the point ! What I want to know is after a preposiotion we usually use gerounds .after using geround should it be followed by possesive pronoun ? Or possesive adjective such as "Your,her,him"

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The use of the possessive form is correct but sounds formal and is not widely known. The object form is much more common and most people would not regard its use as a mistake. If I was grading an IELTS task 2 essay, I would not regard this as a vocab error.

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Michael's answer is brief and correct. The possessive form ("... his returning the car") is rare in modern English. Here is more information about the objective form ("... him returning the car") being the usual form. Wikipedia source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerund#Roles_of_"gerund"_clauses_in_a_sentence [excerpt] "Gerund" clauses with a specified subject - We enjoy singing. (ambiguous: somebody sings, possibly ourselves) Often the 'doer' is clearly signalled - We enjoyed singing yesterday (we ourselves sang) However, the 'doer' may not be indefinite or already expressed in the sentence. Rather it must be overtly specified, typically in a position immediately before the non-finite verb - We enjoyed them singing. The 'doer' expression is not the grammatical subject of a finite clause, so objective them is used rather than subjective they. Traditional grammarians [...] And prescriptive grammarians [...] prefer to express the 'doer' by a possessive form, such as used with ordinary nouns: - We enjoyed their singing. (cf their voices, their attempt to sing) The possessive construction with -ing clauses is actually very rare in present-day English.

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