I didn't like his taking all the credit.

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diamondcutter

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I didn't like his taking all the credit.
Source: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Does the sentence above mean this?
I didn't like it when he took all the credit.
 

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I don't like him taking all the credit.
 

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... but that's changing the tense, Ted.
Oops, I didn't mean to change the tense, but to give an alternative:

I didn't like him taking all the credit.

I think this is more common. The original is rather formal.
 
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