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Statue of Liberty

by GmatKiss » Tue Aug 23, 2011 4:25 am
The Statue of Liberty's defects in its supporting structure that led to its deterioration have been corrected, according to the firm of consulting engineers.
A) The Statue of Liberty's defects in its supporting structure that led to its deterioration.
B) The Statue of Liberty's defects in its supporting structure, leading to its deterioration.
C) leading to its deterioration, the Statue of Liberty's defects in its supporting structure.
D) The defects that the Statue of Liberty had in its supporting structure that led to its deterioration.
E) The defects in the supporting structure of the Statue of Liberty which led to its deterioration.

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by arashyazdiha » Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:06 am
I read somewhere that possessive pronouns + ing verb is considered wrong in GMAT, so its supporting is wrong.
Only E solves this problem,however referring to the pronoun antecedents must also give an appropriate answer but this one is a real time saver.
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by mundasingh123 » Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:34 am
arashyazdiha wrote:I read somewhere that possessive pronouns + ing verb is considered wrong in GMAT, so its supporting is wrong.
Only E solves this problem,however referring to the pronoun antecedents must also give an appropriate answer but this one is a real time saver.
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possessive pronoun + gerund is correct
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by arashyazdiha » Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:38 am
refer to this post by an expert
it seems that on GMAT, we should avoid
https://www.beatthegmat.com/after-severa ... 79-15.html

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by mundasingh123 » Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:41 am
Thats Right
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by mundasingh123 » Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:41 am
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by arashyazdiha » Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:59 am
I got really confused,
Thank you for the reference i did not pay attention to the role of the doer noun preceding the gerund.
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Re: Statue of Liberty

by dfdchgf » Wed May 18, 2022 3:43 am
I read somewhere that possessive pronouns + ing verb are incorrect in the GMAT, hence its support is incorrect. I am going to share this thread floridaloteryresults.com to my kith and kin That they know about that. Only E solves this problem; nonetheless, referring to the pronoun antecedents must also provide a valid solution; however, this one saves time.