navitasan  +  686978 Sun, 15 Mar 09 06:01 PM Are these sentences correct: 1-It was unusual his behaving that way. 2-It was smart his saying that he had met me only yesterday. 3-It was a pity his being ill. 1-It was a terrible accident his slipping and falling down the stairs. It these sentences are correct, don't they need a comma before 'his'? navitasan Joined on Sun, Jun 15 2008 Junior Member 64 Commas, Punctuation, Sentences

	Cool Breeze  +  687012 Sun, 15 Mar 09 07:38 PM The sentences sound okay to me in informal conversation. I don't recall any grammarian dealing with this structure and would refrain from using it in serious writing. CB Cool Breeze Joined on Fri, Apr 7 2006 Senior Member 3,979 "I hope you'll all live to be 150 years old - and the last voice you hear is mine!" Frank Sinatra on stage in Oslo, Norway, 28 September 1991 Sentences, Speaking, Chat, Friendships, Conversational