Pronoun question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate first-person singular pronoun:

“They enjoyed you arguing in favour of it and ___ against”
1. I
2. me
3. my
4. mine
“They enjoyed your arguing in favour of it and ___ against”
1. I
2. me
3. my
4. mine

Question #1 is easy: it can only be option #b.

Question #2 is hard. I guess it has to be #d. Right?

Nqabutho October 27, 2018 at 8:56 am #

I would think so. “They enjoyed your arguing in favour of it and mine as well.” With the contrast on “your/mine”, as opposed to “in favour/against” it seems a clearer choice, maybe because the gapping is more natural.

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A. J. P. Crown October 11, 2019 at 11:47 am #

2: C. It’s “my arguing against” surely?

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- mollymooly October 11, 2019 at 9:55 pm #
  
  But that’s not a pronoun! Perhaps you want to vote for option (e) “no pronoun works here”?
  
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A. J. P. Crown October 11, 2019 at 10:43 pm #

Dammit, a read-the-fine-print question. I want my €20 back.

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