My going to the party is none of your business

[alpacinou]

Hello.

I wrote a sentence:

It's none of your business if I go to the party.

And I feel like saying the same sentence like that is also correct:

My going to the party is none of your business.

Am I right?

What is the name of the grammatical structure of "my going to the party"?

 

[emsr2d2]

I wrote [STRIKE]a[/STRIKE] the following sentence:

It's none of your business if I go to the party.

[STRIKE]And[/STRIKE] I feel [STRIKE]like[/STRIKE] that [STRIKE]saying[/STRIKE] rephrasing the [STRIKE]same[/STRIKE] sentence like [STRIKE]that[/STRIKE] this is also correct:

My going to the party is none of your business.

Am I right?

Note my changes above. Yes, your rewording is correct. I'll leave it to a grammarian to explain the rest. It's late. I'm tired. And I don't know the answer. ;-)

 

[alpacinou]

Note my changes above. Yes, your rewording is correct. I'll leave it to a grammarian to explain the rest. It's late. I'm tired. And I don't know the answer. ;-)

You are relentless in providing answers in the forum. Thank you for your immeasurable contributions. Have a good rest.

 

[Raymott]

"My going to the party is none of your business."

"Going" is a gerund. So, "My going to the party" is a noun/gerund phrase. So you have "<Noun/gerund phrase> is none of your business", which is fine.
There are a lot of examples of Gerund phrases on the web. But they are normally simple, and don't start with a possessive. But yours is right.

"My answering your question was prompted by emsr2d2's being too tired to do it." These are both gerund phrases with a leading possessive.

https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/t...noun is,celebrated Gord's winning the contest.

 

[jutfrank]

Say what you mean by 'grammatical structure'. Are you looking for proper grammatical terminology? Why?

I'm going to assume you're thinking like an ESL teacher, so I'll give you an ESL teacher's answer: It's a noun phrase, functioning as subject. The going is a gerund.

 

[alpacinou]

Are noun phrase and noun clause the same thing?

 

[PaulMatthews]

Hello.

I wrote a sentence: It's none of your business if I go to the party. And I feel like saying the same sentence like that is also correct:

My going to the party is none of your business. Am I right? What is the name of the grammatical structure of "my going to the party"?

My going to the party is none of your business.


The underlined expression is a non-finite subordinate clause functionng as subject of the sentence.

"My" is the subject and the verb phrase "going to the party" is the predicate.

The genitive subject pronoun "my" could be replaced with the accusative pronoun "me" with no change of grammar or meaning, though the former is considered more formal.

 

[alpacinou]

This is the same grammatical structure. Is it correct and natural?

Despite its being complicated, this problem is surmountable.

 

[Tarheel]

I wouldn't expect to hear anybody say that. Perhaps:

The problem is complicated, but it's solvable.