call on or come by???? Don't objec to???

[ostap77]

1)"Do you mind his calling on us?"

OR

2)"Do you mind his coming by our place?"

OR

3)"I don't object to his calling on us?"

OR

4)"I wouldn't say no to him/his coming by?"

Are 2),3) and 4) correct?

[apex2000]

Do you mind him calling on us?
Do you mind him coming by our place?
I don't object to him calling on us.
I wouldn't say no to him coming by.
All these can be used. Be careful with him/his; his is the possessive pronoun.

[ostap77]

Do you mind him calling on us?
Do you mind him coming by our place?
I don't object to him calling on us.
I wouldn't say no to him coming by.
All these can be used. Be careful with him/his; his is the possessive pronoun.

Do we insist on him coming early or his coming early?

[engee30]

Do you mind him calling on us?
Do you mind him coming by our place?
I don't object to him calling on us.
I wouldn't say no to him coming by.
All these can be used. Be careful with him/his; his is the possessive pronoun.

♥♦♣♠ NOT A TEACHER ♥♦♣♠
There's nothing wrong with mind one's doing something - that's simply a form used formally.

[apex2000]

Again, him.
His book, his car, his phone; you would not use him in those circumstances and take note of my previous comment.

[apex2000]

♥♦♣♠ NOT A TEACHER ♥♦♣♠
There's nothing wrong with mind one's doing something - that's simply a form used formally.

Your meaning there would be - mind doing something of one - which is not acceptable.

[engee30]

Your meaning there would be - mind doing something of one - which is not acceptable.

I haven't a clue how you came up with that.

[ostap77]

I haven't a clue how you came up with that.

Here's what I've found

"He insisted on my returning soon" and "There was no hope of our getting the tickets." So it should have been "He insisted on me returning soon" and "There was no hope of us getting the tickets" correspondingly?

[engee30]

Here's what I've found

"He insisted on my returning soon" and "There was no hope of our getting the tickets." So it should have been "He insisted on me returning soon" and "There was no hope of us getting the tickets" correspondingly?

In everyday use, the sentences with an object pronoun seem to be more common. Mind you, the possessive pronoun is also correct, often used in formal contexts.

[ostap77]

Do you mind him calling on us?
Do you mind him coming by our place?
I don't object to him calling on us.
I wouldn't say no to him coming by.
All these can be used. Be careful with him/his; his is the possessive pronoun.

Actually both are possible!

"You don't mind my calling you Tony, do you?"

"We discussed Alan's leaving all of his momey to charity."

"I won't risk their being arrested."

However, many speakers of American English regularly use nonpossessive forms of nouns and object pronouns instead of possessive forms. Thus you will also here

"You don't mind me calling you Tony, do you?"

"We discussed Alan leaving all of his momey to charity."

"I won't risk them being arrested."

p. 504 Ron Cowan "The teacher's grammar of English" 2008