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by Optimus Prime » Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:42 am
Identify the error: Mr. Vega's mother noticed that a button was falling off his coat, so the coat was fixed by her.


Correction : Mr. Vega's mother noticed that a button was falling off his coat, so she fixed the coat.


Is not the correction incorrect? There is no noun to which HIS pronoun can refer to. Vega' mother is a possessive noun


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by paes » Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:55 am
No It is correct.

You have not understand the rule correctly.

Mr. Vega's mother -> possessive case
In this scenerao, you can use possessive pronoun i.e. you can use his for Vega's
But you can't use as 'Noun' i.e you can't use he/him in reference to Vega

e.g

Mr. Vega's mother noticed that a button was falling off his coat, so she fixed the coat. [ correct]

Mr. Vega's mother noticed that a button was falling off his coat; he requested her to fix the coat. [incorrect]

Mr. Vega's mother noticed that a button was falling off his coat, so she asked him to fix the coat. [ Incorrect].
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by Optimus Prime » Sat Jul 17, 2010 2:00 am
Thanks a lot

I have understood the concept
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