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I have found a grammartically interesting title on a YouTube video:
'Golden retriver puppy reaction to me crying.'

Before 'criyng' me is used here. Can you replace 'me' with 'my'.

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akitaeko

30 Nov 2022

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You can use both as it makes sense. But “me” is a word that makes more sense in this sentence. The guy kind of worded the sentence in a weird way. 変

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akitaeko

30 Nov 2022

English (US)

You can use both as it makes sense. But “me” is a word that makes more sense in this sentence. The guy kind of worded the sentence in a weird way. 変

HebrewDane

30 Nov 2022

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Plus it should be puppy's reaction. Or puppy reacting.

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tadanoriakasaka080

30 Nov 2022

Japanese

@akitaeko Thanks a lot! We Japanese are often taught that the gerund(an ing form of verb functioning as a noun ) can take its own subject, in which case the subject of gerund should be possessive form such as my rather than me. But native speakers in fact use the objective case such as me, him, it etc for the gerund's meaning subject more than the possessive case such as my, his, it's etc. Right?

For example, Both 'I missed his smiling' and 'I missed him smiling' have the same meaning but the latter sentence perhaps would be better?!