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Imagine I woke up particularly early today. Now in the afternoon, I am exhausted. I want to express this fact by using "action of" as the subject of the sentence.

Question 1: What article should I use? the or my?

Question 2: Are they different in meaning?

Example 1:

The action of waking up early exhausted me.

Example 2:

My action of waking up early exhausted me.

Example 3:

Probably the most idiomatic one.

Waking up early exhausted me.

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  • It wasn't the action of waking that exhausted you; you were tired later in the day because you had been awake for a long time.
    – Kate Bunting
    Commented Oct 6, 2021 at 15:27

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the sounds more natural than my. And you are correct, Example 3 sounds the most natural. I don't think anyone would normally say Example 1 or 2.

They don't differ in meaning significantly.

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