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by Karen » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:09 am
You need to post the entire context. Probably 'development of the park' will turn out to be correct, because it seems preferable in terms of the meaning and sounds smoother, but the key issue in this one is the modifier that comes after the phrase.
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Re: which one is correct?

by Spring2009 » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:10 am
kalyand022 wrote:park's development or development of the park...

i m confused of ths trick in sentence correction.i hv my exam ths week..so pl enlighten on ths topic
Both can be correct, the error can be somewhere else. Please post the whole sentence.
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by kalyand022 » Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:55 pm
The development of the park was one of the issues faced by the government

The parks development was one of the issues faced by the government
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by Karen » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:19 pm
I believe the correct answer is going to be "the development of the park." But it's hair-splitting, and I'm not sure the real GMAT would have a question that rests on such a tiny difference. It's a very tricky issue -- professional linguists who have studied the question of when native speakers prefer the possessive construction or the 'of' construction have never fully pinned down the answer, so far as I know, though some patterns have been identified.

I'm very curious as to where this item came from, and whether the people providing it claimed that there was a clear-cut rule that would explain why one is preferable to the other.
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by aim-wsc » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:43 am
kalyand022 wrote:The development of the park was one of the issues faced by the government

The parks development was one of the issues faced by the government
You should post entire question along with the options given; preferably with the source of the question.

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