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Article or pronoun before a verb in "-ing"? (See details in description)
I'm going to give examples to clarify my question:
"I appreciate YOUR/YOU taking the time to write to me."
"HIS/HIM doing that was a surprise to us all."
"THEIR/THEM leaving suddenly caused major issues."
"It could be interpreted as HIS/HIM being simply uncomfortable."
"Are you okay with MY/ME doing the job alone?"
Well, you get the idea - so which one is grammatically correct in those situations, the possessive article - such as "his" - or the pronoun in accusative (?) form - such as "him"? Does it perhaps depend on the verb? I'm not a native English speaker, but I speak English fluently, so I feel like I should know this, yet I still don't. Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks for any answers!
u/IndependenceNo9027 — 1 day ago