suggest him/his buying a car
Hello,
A colleague asked me yesterday about the difference between the following sentences:
We suggested him buying a car
We suggested his buying a car.
She's interested to know if 'suggest' works in the same way as, for example, 'imagine', since both verbs can be followed by an -ing form:
I imagined him doing that
I imagined his doing that
Personally, I would use neither a posessive nor an object pronoun after 'suggest' and opt for a "we suggested that he..." structure, but I cannot explain why, and of course I might be wrong.
I'd be very grateful if someone could comment on that.
Thank you.
Re: suggest him/his buying a car
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Originally Posted by
Verona_82 
Hello,
A colleague asked me yesterday about the difference between the following sentences:
We suggested him buying a car
We suggested his buying a car.
She's interested to know if 'suggest' works in the same way as, for example, 'imagine', since both verbs can be followed by an -ing form:
I imagined him doing that
I imagined his doing that
Personally, I would use neither a posessive nor an object pronoun after 'suggest' and opt for a "we suggested that he..." structure, but I cannot explain why, and of course I might be wrong.
I'd be very grateful if someone could comment on that.
Thank you.
I would say, "We suggested (that) he buy a car".
Re: suggest him/his buying a car
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Originally Posted by
bhaisahab I would say, "We suggested (that) he buy a car".
Thank you.
So would I. But.... is it because native speakers just don't use possessive and object pronouns with this verb?
