Buenas tardes.
¿Ambas estructuras son igualmente correctas?
¿Se puede usar también la preposición "for"?
I greatly appreciate you taking the time to do it.
I greatly appreciate you for taking the time to do it.
Agradezco sus comentarios.
I greatly appreciate you (for) taking the time to do it
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Buenas tardes.
¿Ambas estructuras son igualmente correctas?
¿Se puede usar también la preposición "for"?
I greatly appreciate you taking the time to do it.
I greatly appreciate you for taking the time to do it.
Agradezco sus comentarios.
Yo diría 'I greatly appreciate your taking the time to do it.'
I do not appreciate you; I appreciate the fact that you have done something for me.
I do not appreciate you; I appreciate the fact that you have done something for me.
Muchas gracias Bevj,
¿Sería gramaticalmente incorrecto con "you"?
I greatly appreciate you taking the time to do it.
El "for" no sería incorrecto sino más bien innecesario, ¿no es así?
I greatly appreciate you taking for the time to do it.
¿Sería gramaticalmente incorrecto con "you"?
I greatly appreciate you taking the time to do it.
El "for" no sería incorrecto sino más bien innecesario, ¿no es así?
I greatly appreciate you taking for the time to do it.
La frase es 'to take (the) time', no 'to take for the time'.Muchas gracias Bevj,
¿Sería gramaticalmente incorrecto con "you"?
I greatly appreciate you taking the time to do it.
El "for" no sería incorrecto sino más bien innecesario, ¿no es así?
I greatly appreciate you taking for the time to do it.
Me parece que 'I appreciate you taking the time to do it' también se dice, pero personalmente prefiero 'your'.
'I appreciate you that you have taken the time to do it', is the best way to rephrase this.
*'I appreciate you for taking the time to do this,' is really not a good sentence -- although you will hear it.
Drat! I made a mistake in editing the sentence! It should read:Really, kayokid?
I'm afraid that this sentence sounds totally wrong to me
I appreciate that you have taken the time to do it.
More conversational: I (really) appreciate you taking the time ...
More formal: I (greatly) appreciate your taking the time ...
More on this structure
More formal: I (greatly) appreciate your taking the time ...
More on this structure
Sorry, in my post 3 I wanted to write 'I appreciate you for taking the time to do this" and NOT 'I appreciate you for taking for the time to do this".
So, not even the first one is considered correct according to what I understood, right?. However, it is said by the very native speakers of English? Is that so?
So, not even the first one is considered correct according to what I understood, right?. However, it is said by the very native speakers of English? Is that so?
No, it's not what people usually say because it's not what people usually mean (post #2).
Ok. Thank you K-in-sc for the link.
I see your point. With "your" the sentence sounds more formal than with "you". Regardless of this (sin perjuicio de esto), in one of the links you have passed me, you can also read that there's a very important semantics difference as Bevj points out in post 2.
I greatly appreciate you taking the time to do it: I thank you for taking the time. I thank the person. I thank you.
I greatly appreciate your taking the time to do it: I especially thank for the fact that you have taken the time. I thank for the action made rather than the person.
I see your point. With "your" the sentence sounds more formal than with "you". Regardless of this (sin perjuicio de esto), in one of the links you have passed me, you can also read that there's a very important semantics difference as Bevj points out in post 2.
I greatly appreciate you taking the time to do it: I thank you for taking the time. I thank the person. I thank you.
I greatly appreciate your taking the time to do it: I especially thank for the fact that you have taken the time. I thank for the action made rather than the person.
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Except that in conversation "you taking" is understood to mean the same as "your taking" -- your action rather than you as a person -- and people who try to draw a distinction are spitting into the wind
I agree with k-in-sc who has expressed my point above more clearly than I did