College entrance tests are coming up so I decided to clear up some English rules. Which is correct? Him going to the party was frowned upon. His going to the party was frowned upon. How about this one? I frowned upon his going to the party. I frowned upon him going to the party. Mind explaining why you got those answers?
"His going to the part was frowned upon." and "I frowned upon his going to the party." seem like the correct ones to me. I can't really explain why, but maybe this english grammar forum can help you at this topic: http://www.englishforums.com/English/Hi ... r/post.htm I think I agree with the second poster there who said something along the lines of, well, in this context "his going", "going" is used as a noun, hence requires a possessive adjective, not a pronoun.
I think this depends on context, and how the story/setnence is being wrote. "him going" is more a general narrative overview kind of approach, "his going" sounds more personal and involved. Same for second, I'd use him for both. his never ever ever ever sounds right for me, so much so I refuse to believe the word is actually real
I use him. I think you should all start using him. Soon then, "his" will disappear and the language english will get so much simpler!
his, in both cases you are not frowning upon him, you are frowning upon his going it is possessive so the genitive is used just as you would not say "I going to the party" but rather "my going to the party" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerund scroll down to the section called Gerunds preceded by a genitive
Thanks for the clearups. I'll go with his. National college tests are this weekend here and I wanna top the exam, or at least get into the top 20 to get a full scholarship.
Well basically there are 4 worthwhile colleges in the country, (don't wanna say because Neo might hunt me down) and of those 4, 2 superior ones. One of the superior ones is the exam I'll be taking, and the top 10 usually get full scholarships for their undergraduate programs.