. . . he did mind her going out with Ray

[shootingstar]

(William, pondering on his relationship with Gloria)

William sits on his bed, hating himself far more than he hates Ray. What if he'd told her that yes, he did mind her (Gloria
or Gloria's?) going out with Ray? He minded with every muscle, every bone, every drop of blood in his body . . .

(From A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe, Part III Family Business, scene 41)

I know those patterns using an -ing form (here with "mind"). In this case I wonder if the -ing form is the gerund or the participle. Can I use this pattern with all verbs or is it restricted to specific verbs?

 

[jutfrank]

It doesn't matter what you call it. What matters is that you know the pattern:

(not) mind (somebody) doing something

 

[shootingstar]

Thank you. Can I use this pattern with all verbs or is it restricted to specific verb?

 

[jutfrank]

I'm not sure what you mean. Different verbs work with different patterns.

 

[shootingstar]

Now then, with what verbs does this pattern work?

 

[emsr2d2]

Now then, with what verbs does this pattern work?

Which verb are you talking about - "mind" or the one that ends "-ing"?

 

[shootingstar]

I'm talking about the verb "mind".

 

[Flask]

Now then, with what verbs does this pattern work?

Since "her" can be possessive or accusative, we can't tell what the pattern is. Which one do you have in mind?

1) [verb] + [[direct object] + [-ing phrase]]
2) [verb] + [[possessive] + [-ing phrase]]

Edit: Actually, I see that Jutfrank has interpreted "her" as accusative: he wrote "somebody," not "somebody's." Pattern (1) is controversial. Some people believe it not to be good formal English after many verbs and prepositions (it's also common after prepositions: He thought about Sally going out with Ray.) One other verb that can be used in pattern (1) is remember. I'm pretty sure that even the strictest formal speakers would accept it.

He remembers Sally going out with Ray.

 

[jutfrank]

I'm talking about the verb "mind".

I still don't understand your question. Are you asking which verbs take an -ing complement? There'll be thousands. Too many to list, if that's what you want.

Or perhaps you're asking about the role of 'somebody' in the pattern I wrote in post #2?

 

[Flask]

Are you asking which verbs take an -ing complement? There'll be thousands.

My impression is that, from Post #3 onward, shootingstar has been asking which verbs take the pattern you identified in Post #2, where you assumed that "her" after "mind" in the OP was not possessive. The set of verbs that can unquestionably (for any educated speaker) be complemented by a nonpossessive noun phrase plus an -ing phrase is rather small, especially if we exclude verbs of sensation ("I saw him crossing the street") -- and, of course, syntactically irrelevant cases in which the -ing phrase is really a participial relative clause modifying the direct object NP: "I approached the man tying his shoelaces."

 

[shootingstar]

Since "her" can be possessive or accusative, we can't tell what the pattern is. Which one do you have in mind?

1) [verb] + [[direct object] + [-ing phrase]]
2) [verb] + [[possessive] + [-ing phrase]]

Apparently, it does matter whether we call "going out" a gerund or a participle.
Initially, I thought "going out" was a participle in "he did mind her going out with Ray". So my initial question refers to 1) [verb] + [[direct object] + [-ing phrase]].
But, of course, I'm interested in the second question as well: With what verbs does the pattern 2) [verb] + [[possessive] + [-ing phrase]] work? ( = the gerund-version: He did mind Gloria's (= her) going out with Ray)
(Nevertheless, it seems I'm wrong and "going out" is a gerund there - as curiositytop is saying .)

 

[shootingstar]

Regrettably, my questions in Post #13 haven't been answered up to now.:

1) With what verbs does the pattern [verb] + [[direct object] + [-ing phrase]] work?
2) With what verbs does the pattern [verb] + [[possessive] + [-ing phrase]] work?

I would be very happy about getting an answer.

 

[Flask]

I would be very happy about getting an answer.

Well, in my opinion, "appreciate" accepts both patterns equally well:

I'd appreciate you answering my question.
I'd appreciate your answering my question.

"Mind" does too:

I didn't mind him doing that.
I didn't mind his doing that.

Many speakers would use either pattern with "love," "hate," "like," "enjoy," but I hesitate to start controversy about particular examples. Even now, there may be some people who will say they don't find one or more of the above four examples natural. It would be better if you proposed verbs and examples of your own. Then we'll tell you what we think.

 

[jutfrank]

I would be very happy about getting an answer.

There are too many to list.

Even the verb 'want', which normally takes a to-infinitive, can take an -ing form:

I don't want him doing that.