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03 Mar 2016, 22:11
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rhine29388
Choice A: A Personal pronoun (subject or object) must have a noun as an antecedent. Possessive nouns function as adjectives and hence cannot act as antecedents of personal pronouns. In this option her is a personal pronoun (object) and hence Agatha Christie's, a possessive noun, cannot be its antecedent.
Choice E: However possessive adjectives [my, your, his, her, its, our, your (plural), their] may refer to possessive nouns, both being (or functioning as) adjectives. In this option her is a possessive adjective and therefore can refer to Agatha Christie's.
03 Mar 2016, 22:55
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sayantanc2k
Agatha Christie's travels,with her archaeologist husband, inspired to write several of her mystery novels - Is this sentence correct? Here "HER" is used as a adjective which refers to Chirste (Possessive noun).
Agatha Christie's travels,with her archaeologist husband, inspired her to write mystery novels - Here the usage of "HER" is wrong. Since HER used here is a personal pronoun and it cannot refer a possessive noun. So the usage here is wrong.
Is my understanding correct?
04 Mar 2016, 02:10
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sowragu
Yes, you have correctly understood the idea I have tried to convey. However please note that there has been one instance (at least), in which GMAT test writers have used a personal pronoun (object) to refer to a possessive noun. Therefore it is better to use this tool as a last resort to eliminate answer choices, provided no other error is found in two answer choices, although as per certain grammar experts such use is not acceptable.
