Any allegations of Fred being involved in that kind of

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Any allegations of  Fred being involved in that kind of incident are  diffuclt to beleive


b) Fred being involved in that kind of incident are 

c) Fred being involved in that kind of incident is

d) Fred being involved in that kind of an incident is

e) Fred's being involved in that kind of incident are

trivikram · Answer

SANAM pronoun says that we should llok for the object of "of" which is incident so we need a singular verb So it may be D Again E also confuses me 'cos Fred's is a possessive case before "Fred's being" which is a gerund may be E too help please :-D

trivikram · Answer

SANAM pronoun says that we should llok for the object of "of" which is incident so we need a singular verb So it may be D Again E also confuses me 'cos Fred's is a possessive case before "Fred's being" which is a gerund may be E too help please :-D

rdg · Answer

I do not see any difference between original and (B).

Tuneman · Answer

ya I think it is A or B, which are the same here. It has to be are, because its talking about allegations (plural)

AimHigher · Answer

Any of ..incident .. requires a singular verb

I think it is D

E is incorrect because Fred's involvement is correct usage

kkarank · Answer

yes it is E but why on earth ?? what is this this gerund rule ? i had never thought that something like Fred's being could be considered a serious answer

Amardeep Sharma · Answer

I thought its B... but now E due to gerund rule... Dear trivikram... can you elaborate on this rule pls

regards,

Amardeep

Amardeep Sharma · Answer

GMAThopeful · Answer

E is correct. Don't know how I should verbalise this. here goes -

"Fred's being involved in that kind of incident" can be rephrased as "Fred's involvement in that kind of incident" which brings out the meaning properly. Hence E. 

What is the OA and OE?

Amardeep Sharma · Answer

thnx buddy, I need to brush my concepts on gerunds and infinitives

regards,

Amardeep

kwam · Answer

Any allegations of Fred being involved in that kind of incident are diffuclt to beleive 


b) Fred being involved in that kind of incident are 

c) Fred being involved in that kind of incident is 

d) Fred being involved in that kind of an incident is 

e) Fred's being involved in that kind of incident are



We exclude c and d, because of "allegations". 
Before a gerund it must be a possesive:
his going
my doing
Fred's being

So the right answer is E. 

I Think that b actually is alternative a) and alternative b) would be "Fred's being involved in that kind of incident is", so there were 5 alternatives...

trivikram · Answer

Amar: Check this question for better understanding https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic ... ses+strike Gerund is something that looks like a verb in -ing form but acts as a noun. But if there is a subject / object preceeding gerund then it should be in posessive case. So E should be it

Amardeep Sharma · Answer

Thanks Vikram, I appreciate your efforts... its a great help

regards,

Amardeep

defenestrate · Answer

This is a trap. It should read allegations that Fred...but we only have of which must then be of Fred's...but it is a correct and akward way to formulate this sentence...

Any allegations of Fred being involved in that kind of

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