zagcollins wrote:In April 1997, Hillary Rodham Clinton hosted an all-day White House scientific conference on new findings that indicates a child’s acquiring language, thinking, and emotional skills as an active process that may be largely completed before age three.

A. that indicates a child’s acquiring language, thinking, and emotional skills as
B. that are indicative of a child acquiring language, thinking, and emotional skills as
C. to indicate that when a child acquires language, thinking, and emotional skills,
that it is
D. indicating that a child’s acquisition of language, thinking, and emotional skills is
E. indicative of a child’s acquisition of language, thinking, and emotional skills as

airan wrote:Reason why B is incorrect and D is correct.

Child acquiring knowledge, language and emotional skills as an active process...
here child is being compared with a process, it should be child's

D rectifies it by rephrasing the sentence and making correct comparison of acquisition of knowledge as process ..

kris610 wrote:D sounds right. The phrase following 'new findings' should modify these findings. D does that well.

B could be right if it used the possessive child's before the gerund acquiring. A gerund should always be preceded by a possessive.

ildude02 wrote:

kris610 wrote:D sounds right. The phrase following 'new findings' should modify these findings. D does that well.

B could be right if it used the possessive child's before the gerund acquiring. A gerund should always be preceded by a possessive.

How sure are you that a gerund should be preceded by a possesive? I never read any such limitations.

ildude02 wrote:Thanks for the link. Do you normally consider all verb's ending with "ing" form a gerund ? How do you distinguihs if it is a gerund or an adjective per say? Appreciate your response.