Not having grown up on this side of the Mississippi, the use of him for
his sounds odd to me, but is common in the Midwest, despite the inconsis-
tency with "Terry's driving," for example.
 
I think this construction must be quite common in the U.S. since there
was a note and a set of practice exercises in _Warriner's English
Grammar and Composition_ in those bygone days when the curriculum
included such things.  As I remember, most of my students then missed
the test items at the end of the chapter on verbals as well.
 
Tony
 
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> The following sentence appeared in a
>student's paper. Would anyone like to
>comment on its "correctness" and/or
>meaning?
>
>Him driving our car would scare me to death.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ed Vavra
 
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