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Autor:  Dale-USA
E-mail:  dale_thomas2004@yahoo.com.br
Data:  04/ABR/2011 6:35 PM
Assunto:  "for you saying..."
 
Mensagem:  "What about: "It's too early for your saying that."

Lincoln, Michael Swan (Practical English Usage, Oxford - 295.5 and 295.6)  indicates it is correct.  "When there is a noun which has a similar meaning to an -ing form, the noun is usually preferred."  (295.6)  There is not a good noun substitute for "to say".  Therefore, the gerund is acceptable and the possessive can precede it. 





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 English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
"for you saying..."  –  BrunoGaspar-  04/ABR/2011, 11:46 AM
"for you saying..."  –  Dale-USA  04/ABR/2011, 12:49 PM
"for you saying..."  –  Lincoln  04/ABR/2011, 3:37 PM
 "for you saying..."  –  Dale-USA  04/ABR/2011, 6:35 PM
"for you saying..."  –  BrunoGaspar-  04/ABR/2011, 4:32 PM
"for you saying..."  –  Dale-USA  04/ABR/2011, 6:36 PM
"for you saying..."  –  BrunoGaspar-  04/ABR/2011, 6:44 PM
"for you saying..."  –  Dale-USA  04/ABR/2011, 7:21 PM
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