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22 May
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Which phrase do you usually use more often?
“Would you mind my doing~?” and “Would you mind me doing~?”
Which phrase do you usually use more often?
“Would you mind my doing~?” and “Would you mind me doing~?”
“Would you mind my doing~?” and “Would you mind me doing~?”
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@kiosuke “Would you mind me doing […]” because the other sounds weird ^^ (I’m not sure if it’s correct grammatically either but most of the time you’d never here the 1st sentence in my opinion)
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- English (US)
The first sentence is actually the grammatically correct one, but most native speakers don’t know the grammar rule applied there. So as @Moosherum said, you’ll probably never hear it used because it sounds weird to native speakers.
Personally, I probably wouldn’t say the second sentence either though. I would say:
Would you mind if I…
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