Would you please clear up the confusion I have about gerund/pro-noun agreement?I am always prone to write "him assigning me" and someone stated that the correct agreement would be "his assigning me". Can you advise? SimoneChicago
Hi Simone,
A gerund can act as a noun as well as a verb, and in your example, "his assigning me" is a noun, an event.
"His assigning me this seat really bugs me."
In short, you have no objection to "him"; you just don't like the fact that he assigned you the bad seat.
Thank you for the question.
Joan
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