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by gmatjeet » Sun Aug 21, 2011 2:25 pm
Hubert Humphrey's attempt in his campaign to dissociate himself from the Johnson foreign policies was built around emphasis on Humphrey's Senate career.

a. himself from the Johnson foreign policies was built around emphasis on Humphrey's Senate career.
b. him from the Johnson foreign policies were built around emphasis on Humphrey's Senate career.
c. him from the Johnson foreign policies was built around emphasis on Humphrey's Senate career.
d. himself from the Johnson foreign policies were built around emphasis on Humphrey's Senate career.
e. him from the Johnson foreign policies was built around emphasizing the Senate career of the candidate.

OA: a


- Pls explain with reasoning

- Also is this clear - "Hubert Humphrey's attempt in his campaign" - what is his referring to?
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by patanjali.purpose » Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:04 pm
gmatjeet wrote:Hubert Humphrey's attempt in his campaign to dissociate himself from the Johnson foreign policies was built around emphasis on Humphrey's Senate career.

a. himself from the Johnson foreign policies was built around emphasis on Humphrey's Senate career.
b. him from the Johnson foreign policies were built around emphasis on Humphrey's Senate career.
c. him from the Johnson foreign policies was built around emphasis on Humphrey's Senate career.
d. himself from the Johnson foreign policies were built around emphasis on Humphrey's Senate career.
e. him from the Johnson foreign policies was built around emphasizing the Senate career of the candidate.
sentence construction requires use of possessive pronoun.

Hubert Humphrey's attempt is the subject of the sentence. IMO A
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by crick » Sun Aug 21, 2011 5:38 pm
+1 for A.

With regards to your question, possessive pronouns(Pronouns in possessive case) can refer to possessive nouns. Here the possessive pronoun (his) is refererring to "Hubert Humphrey's". Object pronouns(him) cannot refer back to possessive nouns.

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