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I've to fix my language as I was taught: "What do you think about my doing that?" instead of the correct "What do you think about me doing that?"!!

Hello gerard I thought the correct thing was : What do you think about my doing that?" instead of the usual "What do you think about me doing that?"!. That it was even very good English but I am a little confused now ! Or perhaps both are good but the first is best !

That's also what I thought Jean-Pierre.

I was even proud to show off with such a sentence in front of Krystyna but she didn't approve.

The sentence I repeated several times at school was "Do you mnd my opening the window?"... it was exactly what I asked Krystyna but...  NO

It's often difficult to know if it's correct in English because they don't have an Académie Française; what they can say is "I already read/heard this" or not as "People rule!"
I had to notice very often the "me" on American forums and I thought it was not correct.

So, yes we can hear "my" but "me" is better English.
Note that poshy English is not considered as better, just "poshy" (possible but with a connotation)... "poshy" is rare, affected, and not better than slang

Hi Gérard, Jean-Pierre !
To be sure I would change the sentence and say "What do you think if I open the window". In fact "my opening the window" sounds too posh for me and I wouldn't use "What do you think about me opening the window" .

I wouldn't use "What do you think about me opening the window"

Thank you for telling me that the sentence is correct !