When we say 'his being' we are using 'his' as a possessive pronoun. This is tantamount to saying Bob's doing... (An apostrophe here indicates possessive). And whenever one uses such a construction, although one should try to

can you help analyze the structure of this sentence? I cannot understand its grammatical structure. inspect one's way?? what's that? Beth Levin ( English Verb Classes and Alternations ) classifies it as the X's way construction.

I would not use the 's in any of those listed above. Nor would I use the "of" construction. That's an instructive point, Jim! The genitive is used far more frequently in some languages than it is in English. As a result, some

when it comes to inanimate objects, it is wrong to use " 's " Not wrong perhaps, but not always idiomatic, so I think it's best to avoid the 's in those cases. In informal conversation the compound noun form seems to me to be

When Eleanor lost both of her parents, she moved in with her grandmother, Mary Hall. Due to Eleanor 's shyness, she did not have many friends; basically her classmates thought that she was weird. The years that Eleanor spent with her

Michael, welcome! You have posed a knotty question! Here are some thoughts. When I have trouble with possessives, I think of the equivalent "of" construction. In this case, I think you mean: the needs of (each of our patients)... The

Haha, that's what I initially thought, and I second guessed myself. And yeah, I suppose the comma would help indicate whether the object is the ing form or the pronoun; I also suppose that the ing form would be a participle modifying the

I think possibly the"self-worker" sentences are almost using "have" in its possessive sense - I "have" a cooked dinner and a bathed baby, the same way I would "have" a diamond necklace - while the

does that mean this same form can have two meanings-it can be done by the subject, and it can also be done by another person, like the stylist mentioned? Yes, unless this was of speaking is peculiar to AE or something. I have dinner cooked by six

Hi, Can we put the words like 'our' or 'my' (are they possessive pronouns?) before this type of phrasal construction? Please come to my/our next year's wedding anniversary party. I am looking forward to seeing you at my next