mickwhite
Can anyone help me figure this out pls:
The rule says: When a noun or pronoun precedes a gerund, it must be in the possessive form in formal English.
E.g. They resented
his not telling the truth.
How will this be if the object is a first person pronoun (instead of a third person pronoun, as in the example above)?
Which one will it be - They resented
I not telling the truth. They resented
mine not telling the truth. Or They resented
me not telling the truth?
in these questions, whenever in doubt, replace the pronoun with who, whom and whose..
if who fits in... pronoun will be I, SHE, HE etc...
if whom ... me,her, him...
if whose... mine, my, his her etc..
They resented
whose not telling the truth.... They resented
his not telling the truth...
the difference between my and mine... this is my book .. and this book is mine...