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My kids watch this show on Disney Junior called PJ Masks, and in every episode a narrator comes on and utters the phrase “...to stop them messingstop them messing with your day.” In one of the episodes a character even says something like “I’m gonna stop her messingstop her messing up the city.” It drives me nuts. I have never heard of anyone using this phrasing (as opposed to "...stop them from messing" up..."). Is this grammatically correct, and where does this come from?

My kids watch this show on Disney Junior called PJ Masks, and in every episode a narrator comes on and utters the phrase “...to stop them messing with your day.” In one of the episodes a character even says something like “I’m gonna stop her messing up the city.” It drives me nuts. I have never heard of anyone using this phrasing. Is this grammatically correct, and where does this come from?

My kids watch this show on Disney Junior called PJ Masks, and in every episode a narrator comes on and utters the phrase “...to stop them messing with your day.” In one of the episodes a character even says something like “I’m gonna stop her messing up the city.” It drives me nuts. I have never heard of anyone using this phrasing (as opposed to "...stop them from messing" up..."). Is this grammatically correct, and where does this come from?

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tuespetre
tuespetre
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Is the phrase “...to stop them messing with your day” grammatically correct?

My kids watch this show on Disney Junior called PJ Masks, and in every episode a narrator comes on and utters the phrase “...to stop them messing with your day.” In one of the episodes a character even says something like “I’m gonna stop her messing up the city.” It drives me nuts. I have never heard of anyone using this phrasing. Is this grammatically correct, and where does this come from?