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by bowleyjoo » Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:19 am
The government's failing to keep it's pledges will earn the distrust of all the other nations in the alliance.

(A) government's failing to keep it's pledges
(B) government failing to keep it's pledges
(C) government's failing to keep its pledges
(D) government failing to keep its pledges
(E) governments failing to keep their pledges
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by amitk7771 » Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:49 am
I think it is A or C because possessive goverment's needs to be used. But A wins because the possessive "government's" is matched by "its".
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by Vignesh.4384 » Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:51 am
IMO B
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by raunekk » Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:04 am
imo:D
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by Vignesh.4384 » Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:18 am
raunekk,

I know it should be government here .. can u tell me the diff between its and it's ? Silly question but i still ask
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by raunekk » Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:30 am
@Vignesh.4384

Firstly, it's absolutely not a silly question..
I asked d same once on this forum... :)


It's = It is

And,

Its= pronoun
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by santa_dem » Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:39 am
IMO D

government vs government's I go with the first one because should be government' failure (not failing).

Its vs It's - was explained above.
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by Vignesh.4384 » Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:50 am
Thanks a lot raunekk :D [/b]
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by tanviet » Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:52 pm
D is correct

it's is wrong

its must stand for noun "government" not "government's"

governments" is not correct meaning
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by bowleyjoo » Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:30 am
OA is C. I also thought the correct answer was D.

It should be 'The government... will earn' rather than 'failing... will earn' Am I right? But the OA is C. I don't get it. Why C is better than D.
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by anju » Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:35 pm
D for the reasons mentioned above?

What's the source of this quest?
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