Possessive with a Gerund

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Look at the second panel. The ant should have said, “The fate of the universe may depend on YOUR getting me….”

This construction is called a possessive with a gerund. (Your is the possessive, and getting is the gerund  – a noun with an -ing ending.) It’s an obscure point but one that’s nice to know! Click here to learn more about it.

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