Enchanted  +  588290 Mon, 17 Nov 08 12:16 AM "she doesn't like me being her superior" in this sentence, if i say: she doesn't like me to be her superior. is the meaning the same? or changed? Some one told me that if you use being, meaning you're already her superior, use to be, mean, you'll soon be. Is his explanation accurate? Thank you! Ench Enchanted Joined on Thu, Jul 5 2007 Full Member 114 Enchanted Verbs

	Grammar Geek  +  588326 Mon, 17 Nov 08 03:21 AM She doesn't like my being her superior. -- It's most correct to say "my" and not "me" but you will certainly hear "me." It means she doesn't like the fact that you are her superior. She doesn't like me to be her superior. -- This is not a very likely sentence. It sounds like she has various people who are her superior; sometimes it's you and sometimes other people. She doesn't like it when you are her superior. She doesn't like that I will be her superior. -- She doesn't like the fact that you will soon be her superior.   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Verbs

	Enchanted  +  588363 Mon, 17 Nov 08 05:59 AM By the way, Geek: Can you tell me why "She doesn't like me to be her superior" is not likely a sentence? Thanks, Ench Enchanted Verbs

	Grammar Geek  +  588472 Mon, 17 Nov 08 01:28 PM How often is someone a person's supervisor sometimes, but not others? That's what would be required for "She doesn't like me to be her superior" to make sense to me. (She doesn't mind it when Joe or Mary are her superiors, but she doesn't like me to be her superior.)   Grammar Geek Verbs