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Me or my? #1 (permalink) Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:57 am   Me or my?
 

"My roommates are rather concerned about me/my dancing."
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Me or my? #2 (permalink) Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:27 am   Me or my?
 

Hi Molly,

The two sentences have different meanings:

'me dancing' refers to me personally, in contrast to anyone else, dancing.

'my dancing' refers to the way I dance.

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Me or my? #3 (permalink) Sun Feb 24, 2008 13:23 pm   Me or my?
 

But the "my dancing" is my dancing in contrast with other people's dancing, right?
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Me or my? #4 (permalink) Sun Feb 24, 2008 13:45 pm   Me or my?
 

[My roommates are concerned about me] [dancing].
= My roommates are concerned about me when or because I am dancing.

[My roommates are concerned about] [my dancing].
= My roommates are concerned about me when or because I am dancing.
or
= My roommates are concerned about the dancing I do.
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Me or my? #5 (permalink) Sun Feb 24, 2008 16:16 pm   Me or my?
 

<[My roommates are concerned about] [my dancing].
= My roommates are concerned about me when or because I am dancing.>

If, as you say, that is sometimes equal in meaning to "me dancing", what's the guidance on usage? In which contexts should each form appear?
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