Sentence Correction

Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having the piece performed impossible.
A)
B)had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having
C)had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having
D)had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having
E)had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made himself having

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A possessive case pronoun can only be used to refer a noun in possessive case : "his" should be used in this to refer " Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony "

Left with only B and C.

B is wrong due to the usage of two negative adverb - "not" and "hardly".

Hope this helps !!

avik.ch wrote:A possessive case pronoun can only be used to refer a noun in possessive case : "his" should be used in this to refer " Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony "

Can you be more elaborate on this ? Or some other links about the possessive case pronouns.

This rule is called as possessive poison rule :

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/aga ... t9229.html

But on further research on this topic, I came across this two link that is quiet contradictory :

https://www.whiterose.org/dr.elmo/blog/a ... 03548.html
https://www.cjr.org/resources/lc/posnoun.php

Please explain why not D? Was confused between C and D.

Help!!

Thanks.

if i keep fourth symphony in place of "his" in the actual statement, i am not able to make any sense out of it. could anyone explain what it means.

and also can't we assume "the composer" is referred as "him" in option D?

Thanks
user123321

Could some one explain why option D is incorrect ?
Thanks a lot in advance.

@user123321: Check out the link posted by avik.ch above. It explains all about the pronoun usage.

I had gone through them. I agree C is the answer.

But I am sure there is another explanation for this. because we have the noun "the composer" in the sentence. him can refer to that perfectly with no change in meaning. But I had gone through btg site and got some information.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2011/11/ ... ossessives
https://www.myenglishteacher.net/gerunds.html

check especially in second link

Gerunds act just like nouns. Gerunds can be followed by possessive pronouns (my, his, her, our, their, its). They can also be followed by a possessive s.

check the first link where some examples are given how the meaning changes with & without possessive case.

I think because of above reason, "his" should come there but not "him" or "he".
comments plz

user123321