working/work

[vkhu]

"When she suggest me working over the weekend, I was so angry I tried to quit"

Isn't the formula supposed to be suggest somebody do something? Why is it "me working" here?

 

[BrunaBC]

NOT A TEACHER

Hi there,

If you take a close look at this sentence you will realize that working is the object (of what was suggested me).

When a verb is an object, than it may come on its ING form, deppending on the main verb, in this case, suggested.

 

[Barb_D]

It's not grammatical.

When she suggested that I work over the weekend...
When she suggested my working over the weekend...

 

[vkhu]

So is it right or wrong? Your ideas are kind of conflicting. The explanation my teacher gave is as quite similar to Bruna's though.

 

[BrunaBC]

Yes, it is correct.

 

[5jj]

"When she suggested me working over the weekend, I was so angry I tried to quit." is not natural English

Natural versions are, as Barb said:

When she suggested that I work over the weekend...
When she suggested my working over the weekend...

This is also acceptable, if the context is clear: When she suggested working over the weekend...

This is simply wrong: When she suggested me to work ...