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by mehravikas » Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:25 pm
Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony had not hardly entered rehersals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having the piece performed impossible.

1. had hardly entered rehersals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having.
2. had hardly entered rehersals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having.
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by ildude02 » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:02 pm
You have to use "his" since there is no pronoun explicitly mentioned in the sentence that "him" could refer to. Remember that "Shostakovich's " is not in the subject form . If it were "Shostakovich'", than we can use "him".
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by kiranlegend » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:48 am
mehravikas wrote:Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony had not hardly entered rehersals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having the piece performed impossible.

1. had hardly entered rehersals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having.
2. had hardly entered rehersals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having.

having here is a verbal noun. it takes possesive pronoun and so his. hope this helps:)
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by vikram4689 » Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:12 pm
Can someone help me in understanding the meaning of the last part in C & D.

Also can't him refer to "composer" in D.
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by vikram4689 » Sat Jul 09, 2011 1:55 am
Experts can you please clarify this issue. Also i read somewhere that possessive+gerund form should be avoided,if it can. Now i would like to know how the meaning is changed in options above.
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