SC - Participle/Direct Objects(Manhattan Flash Card Doubt)

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Hi All,

In the Manhattan SC flash cards available at:

https://www.manhattangmat.com/pdf/FlashC ... e_2009.pdf

page#96....

the sentence given is
"Us attending the conference is dependent on our pilot receiving clearance to take off."

Flash cards say the above is wrong....because "This question is about participles and verb tense. In this sentence, "attending" and "receiving" are participles, and take possessive nouns and pronouns, not direct objects."

Can someone please tell what does Manhattan meant to say here ?

The same is corrected as

"Our attending the conference is dependent on our pilot's receiving clearance to take off."

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by lunarpower » Fri Oct 09, 2009 2:03 am
check this out; it will probably answer your question.

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/pos ... tml#p18293
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