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The football team's winning it's first game of the season [#permalink] New post   03 Aug 2013, 04:54
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The football team's winning it's first game of the season excited the student body.

A. The football team's winning it's first game of the season.
B. The football team having won it's first game of the season.
C. The football team's having won it's first game of the season.
D. The football team's winning its first game of the season.
E. The football team winning it's first game of the season.

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Re: The football team's winning it's first game of the season [#permalink] New post   03 Aug 2013, 05:02
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The football team's winning it's first game of the season excited the student body.

A. The football team's winning it's first game of the season.
B. The football team having won it's first game of the season.
C. The football team's having won it's first game of the season.
D. The football team's winning its first game of the season.
E. The football team winning it's first game of the season.

Not convinced with the OA.


IT'S = IT IS
ITS = POSSESIVE OF IT

It's
It's is short for it is or it has. This is a 100% rule. It cannot be used for anything else. If you cannot expand it's to it is or it has, then it is wrong.
Its
Its is like his and her.
Read more at https://www.grammar-monster.com/easily_c ... MGFWxZg.99

WE NEED POSSESIVE THATS WHY ALL OTHER OPTIONS ARE WRONG

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Re: The football team's winning it's first game of the season [#permalink] New post   03 Aug 2013, 04:59
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summer101 wrote:
The football team's winning it's first game of the season excited the student body.

A. The football team's winning it's first game of the season.
B. The football team having won it's first game of the season.
C. The football team's having won it's first game of the season.
D. The football team's winning its first game of the season.
E. The football team winning it's first game of the season.

Not convinced with the OA.


Every choice except D has a huge problem : "it's" (it's a verb, not a possessive), for example A

A. The football team's winning IT IS first game of the season.<== this is grammatically incorrect

D is the best choice because it does not have this problem.
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Re: The football team's winning it's first game of the season [#permalink] New post   04 Aug 2013, 18:27
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summer101 wrote:
The football team's winning it's first game of the season excited the student body.

A. The football team's winning it's first game of the season.
B. The football team having won it's first game of the season.
C. The football team's having won it's first game of the season.
D. The football team's winning its first game of the season.
E. The football team winning it's first game of the season.

Not convinced with the OA.


Every choice except D has a huge problem : "it's" (it's a verb, not a possessive), for example A

A. The football team's winning IT IS first game of the season.<== this is grammatically incorrect

D is the best choice because it does not have this problem.


Zarralou,

Dont you think in D, the phrase "The football team's winning" is a noun phrase and "ITS" is referring to "football team" which is not specified in the answer choices.
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Re: The football team's winning it's first game of the season [#permalink] New post   07 Aug 2013, 21:28
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I do not believe any of the answers are correct. The sentence should read: The football team, having won it's first game of the season, excited the student body.
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Re: The football team's winning it's first game of the season [#permalink] New post   07 Aug 2013, 22:20
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summer101 wrote:
The football team's winning it's first game of the season excited the student body.

A. The football team's winning it's first game of the season.
B. The football team having won it's first game of the season.
C. The football team's having won it's first game of the season.
D. The football team's winning its first game of the season.
E. The football team winning it's first game of the season.

Not convinced with the OA.


Every choice except D has a huge problem : "it's" (it's a verb, not a possessive), for example A

A. The football team's winning IT IS first game of the season.<== this is grammatically incorrect

D is the best choice because it does not have this problem.


Zarralou,

Dont you think in D, the phrase "The football team's winning" is a noun phrase and "ITS" is referring to "football team" which is not specified in the answer choices.


Hi maaadhu,

I think that you are referring to the "poison pronoun"(or something similar) rule of MGMAT, according to which in sentence like
"The house of Maria (....) her" the pronoun "her" cannot stand for "Maria". Am I correct?

If that's the case, remember that this rule has been removed from the MGMAT guides, and appears on 0 Official Problems. So my advise is not to bother with it.

Hope this is what you meant
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Re: The football team's winning it's first game of the season [#permalink] New post   09 Aug 2013, 10:16
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Hi maaadhu,

I think that you are referring to the "poison pronoun"(or something similar) rule of MGMAT, according to which in sentence like
"The house of Maria (....) her" the pronoun "her" cannot stand for "Maria". Am I correct?

If that's the case, remember that this rule has been removed from the MGMAT guides, and appears on 0 Official Problems. So my advise is not to bother with it.

Hope this is what you meant


Yes I was referring to the same rule.

Thanks Zarralou for letting me know about it. I did not know that rule was removed.
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Re: The football team's winning it's first game of the season [#permalink] New post   04 Sep 2013, 04:58
Is this even a GMAT like question?
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Re: The football team's winning it's first game of the season [#permalink] New post   04 Sep 2013, 06:55
Hi,

Wat about the option 'B'


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Re: The football team's winning it's first game of the season [#permalink] New post   18 Oct 2013, 11:08
Phoenix72 wrote:
Is this even a GMAT like question?


It could be. Just learn it, it isn't tough. It's = It is, Its= Possessive
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The football team's winning it's first game of the season [#permalink] New post   29 Aug 2015, 00:54
in option B, had it been its in place of it's. will it then be a right answer?
can anyone please explain the intended meaning of this sentence? as I am totally confused.
team's is a possesive isn't it?
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Re: The football team's winning it's first game of the season [#permalink] New post   29 Aug 2015, 06:41
this question is totally wrong.

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Re: The football team's winning it's first game of the season [#permalink] New post   29 Aug 2015, 06:41
this question is totally wrong.

anyonw want to know why pls, email me

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Re: The football team's winning it's first game of the season [#permalink] New post   29 Aug 2015, 18:59
This sentence is completely wrong! the '' football team" plays the role of an adjective rather than a noun! hence the supposedly correct answer (D) can be simplified into : the winning its first game of the season. (No sense at all).

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Re: The football team's winning it's first game of the season [#permalink] New post   20 Apr 2022, 10:48
Confused by this question. If “IT'S = IT IS” as the post above said, there are 2 verbs in this sentence... so this should be a wrong sentence.
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Re: The football team's winning it's first game of the season [#permalink] New post   22 Apr 2022, 06:00
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Confused by this question. If “IT'S = IT IS” as the post above said, there are 2 verbs in this sentence... so this should be a wrong sentence.


Hello Mavisdu1017,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, "it's" - as seen in Options A, B, C, and E means "it is", so these answer choices are incorrect; however, Option D uses "its" - the version with no apostrophe - which is simply the possessive form of the pronoun "it"; thus, Option D correctly conveys that the action of "winning" belonged to the school's football team, meaning it was performed by the football team.

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The football team's winning it's first game of the season [#permalink] New post   22 Apr 2022, 07:54
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Mavisdu1017 wrote:
Confused by this question. If “IT'S = IT IS” as the post above said, there are 2 verbs in this sentence... so this should be a wrong sentence.


Hello Mavisdu1017,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, "it's" - as seen in Options A, B, C, and E means "it is", so these answer choices are incorrect; however, Option D uses "its" - the version with no apostrophe - which is simply the possessive form of the pronoun "it"; thus, Option D correctly conveys that the action of "winning" belonged to the school's football team, meaning it was performed by the football team.

We hope this helps.
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ExpertsGlobal5 Sorry expect, I’m still confused. As you said, i know “team’s” stands for the possessive form of the noun “team”, so “winning” should be a noun(not a verb), but the following content “its first game” is also a noun, so I don’t think it is grammatically correct: noun+noun. Pls correct me and thanks.
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The football team's winning it's first game of the season [#permalink] New post   23 Apr 2022, 16:31
summer101 wrote:
The football team's winning it's first game of the season excited the student body.

A. The football team's winning it's first game of the season.
B. The football team having won it's first game of the season.
C. The football team's having won it's first game of the season.
D. The football team's winning its first game of the season.
E. The football team winning it's first game of the season.

Not convinced with the OA.



D because of its being possessive

But there's multiple typos for each option at the end of the phrase, there's a period.

D should be phrased as "The football team winning its first game of the season" since winning is the action and not a thing in this context.
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Re: The football team's winning it's first game of the season [#permalink] New post   24 Apr 2022, 04:33
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ExpertsGlobal5 wrote:
Mavisdu1017 wrote:
Confused by this question. If “IT'S = IT IS” as the post above said, there are 2 verbs in this sentence... so this should be a wrong sentence.


Hello Mavisdu1017,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, "it's" - as seen in Options A, B, C, and E means "it is", so these answer choices are incorrect; however, Option D uses "its" - the version with no apostrophe - which is simply the possessive form of the pronoun "it"; thus, Option D correctly conveys that the action of "winning" belonged to the school's football team, meaning it was performed by the football team.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
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ExpertsGlobal5 Sorry expect, I’m still confused. As you said, i know “team’s” stands for the possessive form of the noun “team”, so “winning” should be a noun(not a verb), but the following content “its first game” is also a noun, so I don’t think it is grammatically correct: noun+noun. Pls correct me and thanks.


Hello Mavisdu1017,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, in this question "winning its first game of the season" is a gerund phrase - "winning" is a present participle ("verb+ing") acting as a noun - that refers to the action of "winning" that was done by the team.

Consider this sentence - "Your smoking has gotten out of hand."; here, "smoking" is a gerund that refers to the action or habit of smoking.

We hope this helps.
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