Nobody can stop him/his doing what he wants to.

[diamondcutter]

Nobody can stop him doing what he wants to.

Source: Practical English Usage 100.2, Michael Swan

I’d like to know whether native speakers also say this:

Nobody can stop his doing what he wants to.

 

[Rover_KE]

No.

 

[emsr2d2]

No, but you'll hear native speakers omit the final word.

 

[jutfrank]

No, but you'll hear native speakers omit the final word.

I wonder if maybe you misread the original post.

 

[Tdol]

I’d like to know whether native speakers also say this:

Nobody can stop his doing what he wants to.

This one doesn't.

 

[probus]

My fellow teachers seem unanimous that we don't but I believe we used to. An old edition of Fowler's Modern English Usage says that both "his" and "him" are acceptable.

 

[diamondcutter]

I found this in an Oxford dictionary.

prevent
to stop sb from doing sth; to stop sth from happening
[VN -ing] (BrE) Nothing would prevent him/his speaking out against injustice.

https://fanyi.baidu.com/#en/zh/prevent

 

[emsr2d2]

I wonder if maybe you misread the original post.

In what way? I'd say "Nobody can stop him doing what he wants".

 

[jutfrank]

In what way? I'd say "Nobody can stop him doing what he wants".

Okay, that's what I thought. But the question was about Nobody can stop his doing what he wants to.

I just thought I'd point this out, to avoid any confusion.

 

[emsr2d2]

Okay, that's what I thought. But the question was about Nobody can stop his doing what he wants to.

I just thought I'd point this out, to avoid any confusion.

I know it was and my answer to that question was the first word of my response - "No", then I gave additional information.

 

[jutfrank]

I know it was and my answer to that question was the first word of my response - "No", then I gave additional information.

Oh, then I misunderstood your response. Sorry for any confusion.

 

[emsr2d2]

Oh, then I misunderstood your response. Sorry for any confusion.

With hindsight, I probably should have used "Also" at the start of a second sentence rather than a comma and "but".