aflaam wrote:Thanks Mitch, great information as always.
I read one of your post about possessive pronoun + Verbing + Direct object being always incorrect.
Can it be applied in B to knock it off?
A
direct object receives the action performed by the subject.
Mary hit the ball.
Here,
the ball -- the direct object of
hit -- receives the hitting action performed by Mary.
Linking verbs such
as is, are, was, and
were cannot be followed by a direct object.
These verbs can be followed only by what is known as a COMPLEMENT
A complement does not receive an action but expresses the STATE-OF-BEING of the subject.
Mary is an astronaut.
Here,
an astronaut is a complement expressing Mary's state-of-being.
its being the first time
Here,
the first time is not a direct object but a COMPLEMENT.
Thus, this construction does not constitute POSSESSIVE + VERBing + DIRECT OBJECT.
Moreover, can you comment on the split more vs more so vs the more so?
In official material, there are sentence in which more was used without than accompanying it.
more expensive , efficient cars--> something on these lines
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OA:
The Hiss case became the political cause of the era, the more so because it was the first time a congressional hearing was shown on television.
Here, usage of
the more so implies the following comparison:
Because the congressional hearing was shown on television, the Hiss case became MORE of a political cause THAN it would have become (had the hearing NOT been shown on television).
Even though the comparison is not explicitly stated, the usage of
the more so makes the implied comparison crystal clear.
B:
The Hiss case became the political cause of an era, more for its being the first time a congressional hearing was shown on television.
Here, it is unclear what is being compared:
more for its being the first time than for WHAT OTHER REASON?
Since the comparison is not clear, the answer choice is not valid.
While it is possible for
more to appear without
than, it must be crystal clear what two things are being compared.
An OA from GMAC:
a city economy becoming ever more dependent on information-based industries.
Here, the implication is that the city economy is becoming more dependent THAN IT USED TO BE.
Since the implied comparison is crystal clear, no
than is required.
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