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Dear MIKENEWYORK
so you mean these three sentences
Do you mind Mary coming too --->participle phrase
Do you mind him coming too --->participle phrase
"Although I did think that him referring to you as Dead Man Walking was kind of amusing." ----->participle phrase
but
so confused???
Mikenewyork said:"Michael and David disagree about Michael puttting up his posters"
Yes, they are participles simply because there is no place for another noun.
Let's parse the first sentence:
Michael and David disagree about Michael puttting up his posters.
Michael -- noun, part of a compound subject
and -- conjunction linking two parts of a compound subject
David -- noun, part of a compoubnd subject
disagree -- verb, plural, because of a compound subject
about -- preposition introducing a prepositional phrase
Michael -- noun, object of preposition
putting up his posters -- participial phrase, acting as an adjective modifying "Michael".
partcipial phrase:
putting -- participial adjective, modifying Michael
up -- adverb modifying the participle "putting"
the -- definite article modifying "posters"
posters -- plural noun, direct object of the participle "putting"
If we called "putting" a noun-gerund here, it wouldn't fit. "About can't have two objects.
so you mean these three sentences
Do you mind Mary coming too --->participle phrase
Do you mind him coming too --->participle phrase
"Although I did think that him referring to you as Dead Man Walking was kind of amusing." ----->participle phrase
but
Susie Smith said:In formal English, a possessive adjective is used to modify a gerund, as in
Mr. Jones complained about our coming to class late.
In informal English, the object form of a pronoun is often used, as in
Mr. Jones complained about us coming to class late.
The same is true for nouns used to modify a gerund.
formal: Mr. Jones complained about Mary'scoming to class late.
informal: Mr. Jones complained about Mary coming to class late.
so confused???