Noun/noun followed by present participle
When is a gerund supposed to be
- preceded by a possessive adjective? Why would
anyone doing this really important project?
What does it feel like that he is not doing this good and awesome project?
What I suspect is that the difference between in these sentences is that the emphasis is put upon the action of doing this project in the first sentence and the emphasis is put upon the subject of “doing this project”. Am I right? How?
How do I know in which part the emphasis was put when we come across a sentence in which a pronoun is not used?
Why is it that non-English speakers don’t use their skills when they speak their language?
Your hypothesis would not be supported by the facts, and I would not recommend your hypothesis.
Is that true? Can native speakers say “him doing” or “his doing”? Almost all native speakers do so in English and the same native speaker will, for different emphasis.
Those who say “his doing” were probably taught in school that possessive pronoun is the correct form, so this form is more frequently used by people with a higher educational level. You will find this very often in formal writing.
