I hope you don't mind...

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
1

Hello,

Say I’ve just told another member of the forum about a mistake they often make. In closing I write one of these sentences:

  1. I hope you don’t mind my telling you this.
  2. I hope you don’t mind me telling you about your mistake.
  3. I hope you don’t mind I drew your attention to this.
  4. I hope you don’t mind me drawing your attention to this.

Are they correct and do they sound natural in this context?

Thank you

2

They’re all okay, Cristina.
Personally, I think number 3 would benefit from an added ‘that’:
I hope you don’t mind that I drew your attention to this.

3

Thank you, Bee

Oh, there’s something else I’d like to ask about (having to do with the same post I first mentioned here actually):

You might want to review these two words’ meanings and usages. – Is that apostrophe OK there?

Thanks again!

4

Yes - more than one word, so the possessive apostrophe would be words’
the possessive being the meanings and usages to do with those words.