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 #2 (permalink) Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:55 pm His or him? |
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I would say 'Although he his fat, he still runs fast' or 'Although he is fat, he still can run fast'.
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| #3 (permalink) Wed Apr 27, 2011 23:31 pm His or him? |
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| If you have to choose from the two, then 'In spite of his being fat, he runs fast.' is the right choice. Or simply: 'In spite of being fat, he runs fast.' Another choice using 'his' is: For all his fatness/weight, he runs fast. By the way, words such as 'fat' do not go over very well with Western societies. |
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| #4 (permalink) Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:37 am please. added |
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All writers have given you the right grammar and context .
If you like to know the simple grammar answer , after 'of' preposition you use
'object pronoun' that is him not his (possessive pro.)
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| #5 (permalink) Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:51 am His or him? |
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Unfortunately, it is not the pronoun alone that is the object of the preposition, Minhajquazi, but the entire noun phrase 'his being fat'. It is his fatness that could slow his running, not he himself. He 'possesses' the fat and so the possessive pronoun is the appropriate one.
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