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... no chance of their getting caught.
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Hello, English is my second language. I was just reading a sentence where I got a little confused with the use of "their":
In fact, the people prone to such behavior are liable to do it even more once there's no chance of their getting caught.
I've never heard "their" in this context, only "them getting caught". Is this correct grammar?
Similar to "if you don't my asking" - as a native English speaker even, I used to say "if you don't mind me asking". I think the latter is even more common as the colloquial but I try to use proper grammar where I can so have adopted the former.