Timeline for "...his parents' dream of *him* achieving a Cambridge degree." What is the function of "him" here?
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| Jan 23 at 19:18 | history | edited | Edwin Ashworth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 13, 2018 at 12:17 | history | edited | Edwin Ashworth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 10, 2018 at 16:16 | comment | added | Nigel J | @EdwinAshworth That is really clear and helpful - him focuses on the person; his on the event. | |
| Feb 10, 2018 at 10:23 | history | edited | Edwin Ashworth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 26, 2016 at 0:05 | history | edited | Edwin Ashworth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 13, 2012 at 23:39 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Yep - the sneaking up of teatime on one doesn't encourage the formulation of well-considered examples. | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 18:56 | comment | added | John Lawler | Watch is an atypical verb, like all sense verbs; note that a bare infinitive is equally good with him if watch is the verb. The second sentence is rather strange; I would expect to take place or to occur as the predicate, instead of be, and long before instead of far before. | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 17:26 | history | answered | Edwin Ashworth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |