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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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| #3 (permalink) Sun Feb 24, 2008 13:23 pm Me or my? |
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| But the "my dancing" is my dancing in contrast with other people's dancing, right? |
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| #4 (permalink) Sun Feb 24, 2008 13:45 pm Me or my? |
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[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.
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= My roommates are concerned about the dancing I do. |
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| #5 (permalink) Sun Feb 24, 2008 16:16 pm Me or my? |
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<[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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| is it "who care" or "who cares"? | Which would you write? |
