Which one is more appropriate - "If you don't mind me asking" or "If you don't mind my asking"?  I always thought that it was "If you don't mind me asking", but I recently heard "If you don't mind my asking" (more precisely, whilst watching True Detective, I heard "If you don't mind me asking" but the subtitles read "If you don't mind my asking").  Now, the latter makes sense if "asking" is referred to as a noun, but it sounds a little twisted.  Which one is the right one?  Thanks
I assume that the following sentences are grammatically correct:   He resents your being more popular than he is. Most of the members paid their dues without my asking them. They objected to the youngest girl's being given the command position. What do you think about his buying such an expensive car? We were all sorry about Jane's losing her parents like that.   I'm still getting used to this possessive gerund structure. It sounded so weird to me at first. Is the structure used in both formal and informal contexts? Are there any alternative structures that result in the same meaning and are more frequently used? (Examples taken from )
Mac OS X 10.6 executable not found without full path I just installed Apache via MacPorts. It seems that my Mac was absolutely confused about which version of the Apache executables to run.  After moving the Apache executables that ship with the Mac to a directory that is not listed in the PATH variable, trying to run the httpd built by MacPorts fails even though the correct directory (/opt/local/apache2/bin) is listed in the PATH variable.  If I navigate to the directory /opt/local/apache2/bin and type the command httpd I still get the error message     -bash: httpd: command not found   If I type the command with the full path /opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd it works fine.  I've run the command alias to see if something was clashing but the only thing listed is:  alias wget='curl -O'   How do I find what is intercepting the command and preventing the executable being found in the directory, even when I'm inside the same directory?  By the way, the httpd file is executable:  -rwxr-xr-x  1 root      admin  442496  9 May  2012 httpd Preposition before noun phrases I have asked the same question in ELL stackexchange, but unfortunately haven't received enough answer/comment. The one answer I got is not satisfactory. So that's the reason I am asking it here again. .  I have seen in some cases prepositions are omitted before some noun phrases. And it's explained that those phrases are actually an adverb phrases. But I know a simple thing. If the head of the phrase is a noun, it's a noun phrase. If the head of the phrase is an adverb it is an adverb phrase. For example -   Look both ways before crossing the road. [both ways is a noun phrase, where the head is ways, but still there is no preposition.]  He approached me in a friendly way. [a friendly way is a noun phrase, where the head is way, but as expected unlike sentence #1 it's preceded by the preposition in. And I have never seen this phrase is used without a preposition. I believe dropping the preposition is wrong, according to the grammar.]  She made a pickle a different way from her mother. [a different way is a noun phrase, where the head is way, but strangely there is no preposition before it. But I have seen examples of a different way used both with prepositions and without prepositions. I think the preposition here is optional.]    Now from these example sentences I have tried to demonstrate my problem/confusing area. My question is - 1. When a noun phrase is used as an adverb phrase? 2. When before a noun phrase the placement of preposition is obligatory (like sentence #2)? And where it's optional (like sentence #3)? And where placing the preposition is wrong (like sentence #1)? Why is the set of commutators not a subgroup? Where are the outliner toggles in 2.8? "Most importantly" or "more importantly"? Which of the following two sentences is more correct?   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