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Jack's passion for travel takes him to unpopular destinations about wh [#permalink] New post   27 Jun 2023, 20:24
'Jack's passion for travel takes him to unpopular destinations about which he writes in his blog.'

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Is 'Jack's' the antecedent for 'his' in this sentence?

I see 'Jack's' as an adjective here. There is no noun to which 'he' can refer. Can this understanding be extended to 'his' as well? or 'Jack's' can very well be the antecedent of 'his'?

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Re: Jack's passion for travel takes him to unpopular destinations about wh [#permalink] New post   27 Jun 2023, 22:36
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RenB wrote:
'Jack's passion for travel takes him to unpopular destinations about which he writes in his blog.'

bb KarishmaB DmitryFarber
Is 'Jack's' the antecedent for 'his' in this sentence?

I see 'Jack's' as an adjective here. There is no noun to which 'he' can refer. Can this understanding be extended to 'his' as well? or 'Jack's' can very well be the antecedent of 'his'?

Looking forward to your guidance.

TIA!


RenB - Please share the entire question. A standalone statement cannot be evaluated from the perspective of sentence correction. There is a lot I would accept if I have no better choice. Also, GMAT is not averse to the nominative pronoun referring to a possessive, but it all depends on the other options.
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Re: Jack's passion for travel takes him to unpopular destinations about wh [#permalink] New post   28 Jun 2023, 23:21
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RenB wrote:
'Jack's passion for travel takes him to unpopular destinations about which he writes in his blog.'

bb KarishmaB DmitryFarber
Is 'Jack's' the antecedent for 'his' in this sentence?

I see 'Jack's' as an adjective here. There is no noun to which 'he' can refer. Can this understanding be extended to 'his' as well? or 'Jack's' can very well be the antecedent of 'his'?

Looking forward to your guidance.

TIA!


RenB - Please share the entire question. A standalone statement cannot be evaluated from the perspective of sentence correction. There is a lot I would accept if I have no better choice. Also, GMAT is not averse to the nominative pronoun referring to a possessive, but it all depends on the other options.


Hi,

This is not a GMAT question, but an explanatory example for pronouns concept from a test prep company. I understand that for an SC qs we need other options. I have this query only from a concept pov.
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Re: Jack's passion for travel takes him to unpopular destinations about wh [#permalink] New post   29 Jun 2023, 10:06
I also think it's a little off-topic.
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Re: Jack's passion for travel takes him to unpopular destinations about wh [#permalink] New post   29 Jun 2023, 12:33
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There's no rule that prevents us from using a possessive as the antecedent for a pronoun. That's an outdated concept that we stopped teaching long ago because it doesn't get enforced in SC. Even when we did use that "rule," it was considered fine to use a possessive pronoun such as "his." But really, both "he" and "his" are fine here.
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