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Subject:Re: Ownership of Gerunds From:David Dvorkin <ddvorki -at- USWEST -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 20 Aug 1996 08:54:13 +0700
> From Rebecca Phillips <rebecca -at- QRONUS -dot- CO -dot- IL>
> Does anybody use a possessive with a gerund anymore?
Your objecting to "Eric stopping" is understandable, but yes,
usage does seem to have changed.
It just keeps happening to English, doesn't it?
David D.
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