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by kanha81 » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:34 am
Any allegations of John being involved in that kind of a crime are purely ridiculous.

[a] John being involved in that kind of a crime are
John being involved in that kind of a crime is
[c] John being involved in that kind of crime is
[d] John's being involved in that kind of a crime are
[e] John's being involved in that kind of are

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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:01 pm
IMO "A"

Any allegations of John being involved in that kind of a crime are purely ridiculous.

Here "Any" is SANAM pronoun as suggested by Manhattan SC guide...so it may be singular or plural based on context

So Any Allegations......is/are...since allegations is plural so are required.

[a] John being involved in that kind of a crime are
Correct
John being involved in that kind of a crime is
>> Are required.

[c] John being involved in that kind of crime is
>>Are required.

[d] John's being involved in that kind of a crime are
>> IMO John is correct not John's.since we are not talking about any thing possessed by John.

[e] John's being involved in that kind of are
>> IMO John is correct not John's.since we are not talking about any thing possessed by John.

Hope that helps.

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by kanha81 » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:11 pm
[A] is not the right answer.
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by scoobydooby » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:24 pm
i like D. is there a typo in E? is the word "crime" missing in the choice?

we need a possessive before being. so John's being is better than John being involved.

allegations -plural therefore we need "are"
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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:26 pm
There are two vertical splits in this questions.

1. is Vs Are. = This is for sure "are". That kicks out "B" and "C".
2. John Vs John's = Can some body please tell why possessive form is required here ?
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by scoobydooby » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:32 pm
a gerund should be preceded by a possessive noun

https://grammartips.homestead.com/posses ... erund.html
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by vin25 » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:35 pm
Right ans should be option (D)

'Being' acts as a gerund here and hence will take the possesive form of John, i.e. John's.
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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:38 pm
Thanks Scooby.

Can there be any other way apart from Gerund approach to solve this question....as differentiating various "ing" words as gerunds and participles sometimes become a bit difficult.
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by kanha81 » Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:17 pm
scoobydooby wrote:i like D. is there a typo in E? is the word "crime" missing in the choice?

we need a possessive before being. so John's being is better than John being involved.

allegations -plural therefore we need "are"
You are right about the typo. Sorry about that.

The answer is [E]. The answer baffles me!
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by rs2010 » Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:29 pm
scoobydooby wrote:a gerund should be preceded by a possessive noun

https://grammartips.homestead.com/posses ... erund.html
This was a learning point.
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by karmayogi » Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:22 am
scoobydooby wrote:a gerund should be preceded by a possessive noun

https://grammartips.homestead.com/posses ... erund.html
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by lav » Thu Mar 26, 2009 4:13 am
new rule for me too
thanks scooby !!
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by scoobydooby » Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:59 am
kanha81 wrote:
scoobydooby wrote:i like D. is there a typo in E? is the word "crime" missing in the choice?

we need a possessive before being. so John's being is better than John being involved.

allegations -plural therefore we need "are"
You are right about the typo. Sorry about that.

The answer is [E]. The answer baffles me!
kanha81,
does the choice E read:

John's being involved in that kind of crime or
John's being involved in that kind of a crime ?

because then it would all boil down to "kind of" vs. "kind of a"
the former is definitely conciser (by a letter :))
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by orel » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:02 am
so, in E it is "..that kind of crime..", right?

What is wrong with "..that kind of a crime.."??

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by kanha81 » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:24 am
scoobydooby wrote:a gerund should be preceded by a possessive noun

https://grammartips.homestead.com/posses ... erund.html
This is very informative. Thanks for the tip!
scoobydooby wrote:does the choice E read:

John's being involved in that kind of crime or
John's being involved in that kind of a crime ?

because then it would all boil down to "kind of" vs. "kind of a"
the former is definitely conciser (by a letter )
Yupe. That's a good way to narrow down to 2 answer choices!
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