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Shostakovich's Forth Symphony had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having the piece perfomed impossible.

A. had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having
B. had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having
C. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having
D. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having
E. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made himself having



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Re: Shostakovich's Forth Symphony had not hardly entered [#permalink] New post   07 Jun 2008, 14:08
Shostakovich's Forth Symphony had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having the piece perfomed impossible.

A. had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having
B. had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having
C. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having
D. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having
E. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made himself having

A and B. had not hardly is the wrong form.

D. Shostakovich's Forth Symphony is in the possesive form and thus cannot be referred to by "him" which is an object pronoun.

C. It has to be referred to by "his" which is a possesive pronoun. Hence C is the right answer.
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Re: Shostakovich's Forth Symphony had not hardly entered [#permalink] New post   07 Jun 2008, 14:24
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Shostakovich's Forth Symphony had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having the piece perfomed impossible.

A. had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having
B. had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having
C. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having
D. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having
E. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made himself having


Answer should be C

Possesisve Poision..... :lol:
A,B out-- not hardly wrong here
D,E- are out -- Object pronoun, Reflex Pronoun can't refer back to Possessive Nouns.

C is the answer.

But E was temping some how....
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Re: Shostakovich's Forth Symphony had not hardly entered [#permalink] New post   07 Jun 2008, 18:38
Hardly entered rehearsals – implies not entered rehearsals
Not hardly – redundant – Eliminate A and B

A. had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having
B. had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having
C. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having [ His – cannot point to the composer – requires objective form – eliminate it]
D. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having [Hold it]
E. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made himself having [Changes the meaning – eliminate it]

Answer: D
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Re: Shostakovich's Forth Symphony had not hardly entered [#permalink] New post   07 Jun 2008, 18:53
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Shostakovich's Forth Symphony had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having the piece perfomed impossible.

A. had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having
B. had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having
C. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having
D. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having
E. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made himself having


A. had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having
- "hardly" conveys the meaning correctly "not hardly" is unidiomatic and is not required.
B. had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having
- "hardly" conveys the meaning correctly "not hardly" is unidiomatic and is not required.
C. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having
- correct - MADE "HIS HAVING THE PIECE PERFOMED" IMPOSSIBLE
D. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having
- made him-what? here "made" modifies "him" - X made him Y
E. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made himself having
- use of reflexive pronoun is not required here.
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Re: Shostakovich's Forth Symphony had not hardly entered [#permalink] New post   07 Jun 2008, 19:12
Am in the C camp...

A, B- Not hardly redundant.

By the way it sounds to me..I wouldn't go with D or E..I guess the pronoun reference stuff explained in above posters...
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Re: Shostakovich's Forth Symphony had not hardly entered [#permalink] New post   07 Jun 2008, 19:26
straight C..

all others just dont make sense..

A,B are out because of incorrect idiom
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Re: Shostakovich's Forth Symphony had not hardly entered [#permalink] New post   07 Jun 2008, 20:21
hanumayamma wrote:
Hardly entered rehearsals – implies not entered rehearsals
Not hardly – redundant – Eliminate A and B

A. had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having
B. had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having
C. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having [ His – cannot point to the composer – requires objective form – eliminate it]
D. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having [Hold it]
E. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made himself having [Changes the meaning – eliminate it]

Answer: D


This is a classic possessive poison question (check out Manhattan SC guide under Pronouns Strategy).

Shostakovich's symphony is a possessive noun. Only possessive pronouns can refer back to possessive nouns, so in this case "his" is correct. "Him" is an object pronoun and cannot refer back to a possessive noun.

Tricky question and I hope I remember this on test day.
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Re: Shostakovich's Forth Symphony had not hardly entered [#permalink] New post   07 Jun 2008, 22:27
OA is C.
Thanks for explanation.
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Re: Shostakovich's Forth Symphony had not hardly entered [#permalink] New post   09 Jun 2008, 13:55
Thanks raconteur for your information. Your info helped me in nailing down one my weak spots.

Thanks again



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