In Gerunds^x, Past perfect^x, Possessives^x

Clive wrote:Hi, 1. Can I say "Would you mind (me) opening the window" ? Why not? We say it a lot, but many people who love grammar feel that it is more correct to use a possessive with the gerund opening', in the same way that you would say 'Do you mind my question?'Hmm... so, it it ok to say...

Hello Casi Hats off to your analysis! Very nice work indeed. Your notion of is something of an enigma. It is the most obviously dangly of structures, when it does dangle; yet its form is seemingly ambiguous. Again, hats off to your analysis! Some fine disentangling. MrP