Timeline for Which is more appropriate to use in sentences like these, you or your?
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| Dec 19, 2017 at 1:32 | comment | added | joiedevivre | I don't know about that "should stick with." I still use possessives with my gerunds all the time. Maybe sometimes people look at me funny behind my back, but I know I'm right, so I don't care. ;) | |
| Dec 19, 2017 at 1:28 | comment | added | Lambie | @nick012000 I disagree completely with that. "Your saying that upsets me". [I am not really upset but wanted to show you how common it is.] :) | |
| Dec 17, 2017 at 16:29 | comment | added | nick012000 | I would say that that use would be appropriate in modern English in certain formal business or legal settings, though usually only in written letters. "I am sending you this letter in response to your lodging of an application for a home loan" sort of thing. | |
| Dec 12, 2017 at 10:59 | comment | added | Tyler | The first 'your' was correct, but it's something that you would use in a higher class in old English. I would stick with saying 'you' for colloquial uses, and just use the word 'your' for possessions. Always stick to pronouns. | |
| Dec 12, 2017 at 10:43 | comment | added | Pleep Ploop | what about sentences like this one? Your sending me that letter reminded me of how I used to send you letters, back in the day. | |
| Dec 12, 2017 at 9:35 | history | answered | Tyler | CC BY-SA 3.0 |