Thursday, November 3, 2011

grammaticality - "Because of our doing something ..." - Is this correct English?








I am a German mathematician. In some research papers I find grammatical constructions like the one in the title, e.g.:



"Because of our ignoring the boundary conditions, the following analysis is easier."



I wonder whether this is grammatically and stylistically correct English. I know there are some original constructs in "mathematical English", so if it is not standard grammar, it might very well be an import from another language.




Can you help me?

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