Sc question

[vinayjain]

Despite his admiration of the great jazz musicians that preceded him, Blakey opposed them trivializing the popular genre.



a. them trivializing the popular genre

b. their trivializing of the popular genre

c. them when trivializing the popular genre

d. the popular genre being trivialized by them

e. their trivializing the popular genre

Answer (E) y is it nt (B)

[800guy]

Despite his admiration of the great jazz musicians that preceded him, Blakey opposed them trivializing the popular genre.



a. them trivializing the popular genre

b. their trivializing of the popular genre

c. them when trivializing the popular genre

d. the popular genre being trivialized by them

e. their trivializing the popular genre

Answer (E) y is it nt (B)

i believe that 'trivializing' is called a gerund in english grammar. that is, it is a verb that acts as a noun. i remember from my grammar education back in high school that these gerunds are usually preceeded by a possessive--so the choice must either be B or E (their).

the reason why it is not B is that "trivializing of" is not idiomatic. a word like trivialize should never be followed by a preposition.

choice E it is

hope that helps!

[kiskopata]

We say admiring Mr. X
but we have to say admiration of Mr. X
For collective noun, we have to say admiration of the "group"

Word Trival though can be incorrectly used as a slang for debasing a person in day to day english language; is always used for objects in Gmat English.

We have "of the" for a personal noun and we don't need "of the" for an object

[thegmatbeater]

Can anybody explain a bit further "of the" with subject and object?