Tuesday, July 3, 2018

usage - "My poverty is a result of {me / my} failing/me failing to..." -- which is appropriate?


Which one of the following sentences of the same meaning are more natural to a native speaker's ear?






  1. My poverty is a result of my failing to assert myself.




  2. My poverty is a result of me failing to assert myself.








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