But I still have another question about the
usage of the verb mind.
I?ve always heard this verb used with the first person
of singular and plural but, for instance, what
about the second
person of singular (You) , and what about the
rest (He, You-plural, They?
The sentence I wrote yesterday was:
YOU don?t mind me throwing my clothes
on the floor.
I think it?s grammaticaly correct but
I haven?t heard that the verb mind goes
with other personal pronouns except
with ‘I’ and ‘we’. Is the sentence
correct then?
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We don’t often know another person’s likes and dislikes, but in the appropriate context, [i]mind/i can be used with any person and number (keep in mind, however, that it rarely appears in affirmative statements):
Do you mind if I smoke?
My girlfriend doesn’t mind if I smoke.
I don’t mind if she smokes, either.
My girlfriend and I don’t mind if you smoke.
The Yankees don’t mind if the Red Sox lose.
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