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by debohaldar » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:31 am
In contrast with the way he argued with his parents, Jonas was actually quite happy about his having to go away
to camp for the summer.
A. his having to go away to camp for the summer.
B. him having to go away to camp for the summer.
C. his having to be going away to camp for the summer.
D. himself having to go away to camp for the summer.
E. him having to be going away to camp for the summer.
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by Aldiablo » Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:58 am
IMO D
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by debohaldar » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:04 am
correct answer is (A).

the question tests gerund.
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by NSNguyen » Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:23 pm
I would go with A
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by iwill » Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:04 am
can anybody please explain !
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by Vignesh.4384 » Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:39 am
Yup i cant get this one either. Pls some one explain
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by bullshark » Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:01 am
debohaldar wrote:In contrast with the way he argued with his parents, Jonas was actually quite happy about his having to go away
to camp for the summer.
A. his having to go away to camp for the summer.
B. him having to go away to camp for the summer.
C. his having to be going away to camp for the summer.
D. himself having to go away to camp for the summer.
E. him having to be going away to camp for the summer.


a pronoun modifying a gerund must be in the possessive case. the pronoun is "his" (for "he", since it must be in the possessive case, it is "his").
The gerund is "having".

"have" or "to have" is a verb.

"having" is used as noun i.e... a verb that acts as a noun is a gerund.

So you can eliminate B, D, E.

"having to be going away" is awkwardly written and redundant. Also, usually with a gerund the infinitive form of the verb is used such as "to go" rather than "to be going". So you can eliminate C.

It is correct as it is written. The answer is A.
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by mjjking » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:21 am
I don't really believe you will EVER foudn a question like this on the real gmat :)
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by quocbao » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:22 pm
This is a better explanation
In contrast with the way he argued with his parents, Jonas was actually quite happy about his having to go away to camp for the summer.
A. his having to go away to camp for the summer.
B. him having to go away to camp for the summer.
C. his having to be going away to camp for the summer.
D. himself having to go away to camp for the summer.
E. him having to be going away to camp for the summer.
The differences among the answers here are his / him / himself and to go / to be going

So it's how this works

Jonas was actually quite happy about his having ...
Jonas was actually quite happy about him having ...
Jonas was actually quite happy about himself having ...

Jonas is happy because he's going to camp for the summer. So he's happy about "his having to go ..." - the whole clause, not about "him" or "himself"

We eliminate B D E. Between A & C. I choose A because being is not necessary & being is not prefered to normal verb too
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