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for him/his seeing me off? #1 (permalink) Tue Oct 30, 2007 16:37 pm   for him/his seeing me off?
 

I wrote a thank-you letter to Ted for him/his seeing me off.
1) Does the sentence make sence?
2) if it does which word is more accurate-him or his?
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for him/his seeing me off? #2 (permalink) Wed Oct 31, 2007 0:08 am   for him/his seeing me off?
 

I wrote a thank-you letter to Ted for seeing me off sounds better. Otherwise, I'd say 'for his seeing me off'.
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