http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3615.39139)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItUsage/wdxbw/post.htm#687012Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:38:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:687012Cool Breeze0http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItUsage/wdxbw/post.htm#687012http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-687012.xmlThe sentences sound okay to me in informal conversation. I don&#39;t recall any grammarian dealing with this structure and would refrain from using it in serious writing. CBhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ItUsage/wdxbw/post.htmSun, 15 Mar 2009 18:01:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:686978navitasan1http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItUsage/wdxbw/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-686978.xmlAre 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&#39;t they need a comma before &#39;his&#39;?