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Latest post Mon, Jan 8 2007 3:51 PM by Simi. 5 replies.
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Simi  +  312450 Mon, 08 Jan 07 06:26 AM

Hi,

Is it grammatically correct?

           "Me going to the movies."

I mean, shouldn't it be, "I'm going to the movies" ?

Thanks!

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CalifJim  +  312460 Mon, 08 Jan 07 07:12 AM
shouldn't it be, "I'm going to the movies" ?
Yes, it should!

CJ

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Simi  +  312464 Mon, 08 Jan 07 07:20 AM
But I heard few people using the first kind of sentence. Are they wrong or is it just part of the informal english?
Yoong Liat  +  312650 Mon, 08 Jan 07 03:28 PM

 Simi wrote:
But I heard few people using the first kind of sentence. Are they wrong or is it just part of the informal english?

 "Me going to the movies" is definitely not proper English. It should be avoided.

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pieanne  +  312663 Mon, 08 Jan 07 03:42 PM

If it's a sentence standing by itself, it's definitely not correct. Sad [:(]

But you could say "do you mind me going to the movies?"

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Simi, 2 yr 317 days ago

Yes. That clears my doubt. Thanks Smile [:)]

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