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Gerund Rules

by neerajkumar1_1 » Wed May 26, 2010 9:42 am
In contrast with the way he argued with his parents, Jonas was actually quite happy about his having to go away
to camp for the summer.
A. his having to go away to camp for the summer.
B. him having to go away to camp for the summer.
C. his having to be going away to camp for the summer.
D. himself having to go away to camp for the summer.
E. him having to be going away to camp for the summer.

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Hi, i seem to find the sentence very awkward.... what is the right way of analysing these questions and are there any rules to follow for gerund usage.... thanks..
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Wed May 26, 2010 9:48 am
I believe that the general rule is that if a pronoun proceeds the gerund, then it has to be in the possessive case. Therefore, only choice A and C would fit ("his" is the possessive pronoun). "to be going" is just awkward and wrong.
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by ansumania » Fri May 28, 2010 4:46 pm
will you pl. give a couple of more e,g when gerund is preceeded by possesive?

ow exactly are we applying this rule?
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