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 =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= F.A. Strodtbeck North High School [log in to unmask] 626 W. 53rd Street Davenport, IA 52806 =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= > 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 '[1;35;40m-=> Delphi Internet Jet v2.002 - (C) PBE