My or me before the Gerund

[Dedalus]

I am wondering if one says:

I am fed up of your not talking.
Are you fed up of my hanging around?

OR

I am fed of you not talking.
Are you fed up of me hanging around?

??

Dedalus

[Tdol]

You'll see both used- purists prefer 'my', but the majority use 'me'.

[hayriye kayi]

don't we say "fed up with" instead of "fed up of" The latter seemed kind of weird to me??

[Dedalus]

Yes you are right. I am a native speaker, and I find myself saying things like:
I am fed up of waiting.
I am not sure if I should say
I am fed up with waiting.
I suspect that both are correct.

All references from WEBCORB use "with" http://www.webcorp.org.uk

For example: I am a little fed up with the whole blogging scene

Thanks for the feedback,

D

[Tdol]

"fed up of" is fine- Google has 1/2 a million examples:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

[MrPedantic]

1. I'm tired of your talking.
2. I'm tired of you talking.

You could say that #1 (possessive + gerund) refers to the act of talking, while #2 (object pronoun + participle) refers to "you-talking".

The latter seems more personal.

MrP

[ariuslynx]

I love this gerund stuff !

Check out this one :

He comlained about our having come to class late.

[Tdol]

Where you have 'having + past participle', the use of the object pronoun sounds more coloquial to me.

[MrPedantic]

Yes, I'd agree for BrE; though "He complained about our having come to class late" has a slight AmE air about it, to my ears. And I get the impression that "possessive + gerund" is a little more usual for speakers of standard AmE.

The BrE version would be more like "he complained about us being late for class".

Could be wrong, though.

MrP

[Tdol]

I'd agree with you- in BrE, we seem to be moving towards a more casual attitude to language than our AE cousins.