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24 Jun 2015, 22:30
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I got a bit confused regarding possessive pronouns and found some info regarding the same.
I just thought to share it and would love to have more inputs on this topic.
The lamp decorated the child’s room filled his room with innocent beauty. = Incorrect
Correct = The lamp that decorated the child’s room filled his room with innocent beauty.
In spite of Charlie's protest, his friends-including his closest companion Rafael- insisted that Charlie consider outside aid to help Charlie deal with his eating disorder.
The explanation said that "The use 'his' in the phrase 'his friends'/'his room' is okay, because only possessive pronouns can refer to nouns that are part of a possessive clause".
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here are a couple of examples we've used in our curriculum:
"Jose's room is so clean that his mother praises him."
"his" can refer to "Jose's" because they are both possessive; however, "him" is a problem because an object pronoun cannot refer to a possessive.
"Jose keeps his room so clean that his mother praises him."
no problems here; both possessive and object pronouns ("his" and "him") can refer to a subject noun.
TAKEAWAYS
1. A possessive pronoun can refer to the antecedent in possessive form.
2. An object pronoun cannot refer to a possessive noun antecedent.
I just thought to share it and would love to have more inputs on this topic.
The lamp decorated the child’s room filled his room with innocent beauty. = Incorrect
Correct = The lamp that decorated the child’s room filled his room with innocent beauty.
In spite of Charlie's protest, his friends-including his closest companion Rafael- insisted that Charlie consider outside aid to help Charlie deal with his eating disorder.
The explanation said that "The use 'his' in the phrase 'his friends'/'his room' is okay, because only possessive pronouns can refer to nouns that are part of a possessive clause".
Mgmat Reply
here are a couple of examples we've used in our curriculum:
"Jose's room is so clean that his mother praises him."
"his" can refer to "Jose's" because they are both possessive; however, "him" is a problem because an object pronoun cannot refer to a possessive.
"Jose keeps his room so clean that his mother praises him."
no problems here; both possessive and object pronouns ("his" and "him") can refer to a subject noun.
TAKEAWAYS
1. A possessive pronoun can refer to the antecedent in possessive form.
2. An object pronoun cannot refer to a possessive noun antecedent.
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23 Apr 2019, 22:51
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Hi Nevernevergiveup, this is not entirely true. GMAT shows flexibility in these cases.
Following is an officially correct sentence:
Among the objects found in the excavated temple were small terra-cotta effigies left by supplicants who were either asking the goddess Bona Dea's aid in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help.
You would notice that object pronoun (her) refers to possessive noun antecedent (goddess Bona Dea's).
27 May 2019, 07:04
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Nevernevergiveup
Why the first one is Incorrect and the second one is correct? Should both be correct because his is referring back to the possesive noun child's in both, right?
