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One result of the family's long ordeal at sea was their appreciation that as a person dehydrates, their minds tend to wander. their appreciation that as a person dehydrates, their their appreciation that as people dehydrate, their to appreciate that when a person dehydrates, his or her to appreciate that when people dehydrate, their appreciating that as people dehydrate, their
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agdimple333 agree with you...B is the answer
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Could anyone please explain what is their (first one) referring to?
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One result of the family's long ordeal at sea was their appreciation that as a person dehydrates, their minds tend to wander.
their appreciation that as a person dehydrates, their
their appreciation that as people dehydrate, their
to appreciate that when a person dehydrates, his or her
to appreciate that when people dehydrate, their
appreciating that as people dehydrate, their
Could anyone please explain what is their (first one) referring to?
Hi Gaurav1083,
Their is possessive pronoun so its referring family's. I think you are confused with pronoun they which can not refer to noun inside the possessive noun.
A) Subject verb agreement ( Person is singular so can not be referred by their)
B) Leave B.
C) Minds can not be used for a single person so this choice is wrong.
D) Infinitive ( to+ verb) generally used to show intention, For ex to plan, to kill. Result can not show intention so this choice is also not correct.
E) appreciating is showing continuity , result can not be continuous so this choice is wrong.
I hope my explanation will help.
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rphardu wrote: gaurav1083 wrote:
One result of the family's long ordeal at sea was their appreciation that as a person dehydrates, their minds tend to wander.
their appreciation that as a person dehydrates, their
their appreciation that as people dehydrate, their
to appreciate that when a person dehydrates, his or her
to appreciate that when people dehydrate, their
appreciating that as people dehydrate, their
Could anyone please explain what is their (first one) referring to?
Hi Gaurav1083,
Their is possessive pronoun so its referring family's. I think you are confused with pronoun they which can not refer to noun inside the possessive noun.
A) Subject verb agreement ( Person is singular so can not be referred by their)
B) Leave B.
C) Minds can not be used for a single person so this choice is wrong.
D) Infinitive ( to+ verb) generally used to show intention, For ex to plan, to kill. Result can not show intention so this choice is also not correct.
E) appreciating is showing continuity , result can not be continuous so this choice is wrong.
I hope my explanation will help.Hey rphardu: family's possessive pronoun should be its. families' possessive pronoun should be their. There is some typo in the option, I guess!!!
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fluke wrote: rphardu wrote: gaurav1083 wrote:
One result of the family's long ordeal at sea was their appreciation that as a person dehydrates, their minds tend to wander.
their appreciation that as a person dehydrates, their
their appreciation that as people dehydrate, their
to appreciate that when a person dehydrates, his or her
to appreciate that when people dehydrate, their
appreciating that as people dehydrate, their
Could anyone please explain what is their (first one) referring to?
Hi Gaurav1083,
Their is possessive pronoun so its referring family's. I think you are confused with pronoun they which can not refer to noun inside the possessive noun.
A) Subject verb agreement ( Person is singular so can not be referred by their)
B) Leave B.
C) Minds can not be used for a single person so this choice is wrong.
D) Infinitive ( to+ verb) generally used to show intention, For ex to plan, to kill. Result can not show intention so this choice is also not correct.
E) appreciating is showing continuity , result can not be continuous so this choice is wrong.
I hope my explanation will help.Hey rphardu: family's possessive pronoun should be its. families' possessive pronoun should be their. There is some typo in the option, I guess!!! Thanks fluke to rectify error, so nice of you.
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I agree with fluke..
I tried to check the answer from other sources but didnt find.
@chetangupta: Could you please share the source of this question
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B and agree that family's should have 'its' and not 'their'...
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'one result was .. their appreciation' so B
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Re: One result of the family's long ordeal at sea was their [#permalink]
07 Nov 2011, 23:57
Confused between B and D can anyone explain why not D?
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Re: One result of the family's long ordeal at sea was their [#permalink]
08 Dec 2011, 10:43
Nice explanation by saurabh. ...further possessive pronoun can refer back to itself.
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