a study showed that

[manhhiep2509]

Hello.

My question relates to question VSC002367 in GMAT PREP.

(1) a study showed that A had happened <correct>
(2) a study showed the happening of A <incorrect>

Do the two sentences have the same meaning?
The sentence (2) seems not to say that A happened in reality.

Thank you.

[RonPurewal]

I'll answer this one question, but you need to post GMAT PREP questions in the GMAT PREP folder.

"The ___ing of xxx" makes xxx into the object of the verb. E.g., the consumption of alcohol refers to instances in which people consume alcohol.

So, "the happening of xxx" is nonsense, because you can't "happen something".

[manhhiep2509]

I'll answer this one question, but you need to post GMAT PREP questions in the GMAT PREP folder

I think my question is likely to be a paid question. I guess as questions related to OG 13 are post in general forum, so are questions related to paid question in GMAT PREP.

Anyways, I appreciate your help.

[tim]

No, there is NO place in our forum where it is legal to discuss OG 13 questions. There is also no place where it is legal to discuss questions that must be purchased from the GMAT. If you have questions from the free GMAT Prep software, you can post them in the GMAT Prep section of the forum.

[manhhiep2509]

No, there is NO place in our forum where it is legal to discuss OG 13 questions. There is also no place where it is legal to discuss questions that must be purchased from the GMAT. If you have questions from the free GMAT Prep software, you can post them in the GMAT Prep section of the forum.

Hi Tim.

I did not post OG 13 questions or Paid GMAT Prep questions. I only post issues I find in these questions and provide examples similar to them to illustrate my confusion.
That why I said in my last post "I guess as questions related to OG 13 are post in general forum, so are questions related to paid question in GMAT PREP."

[RonPurewal]

Manhhiep, it's fine if you post altered versions of the questions, but you may begin to notice a slowdown in our responses.
Once a free forum user (i.e., a forum user who has not purchased any courses or materials from us) surpasses a certain quantity or frequency of posts, we'll begin to limit the number of responses to that person's posts, just to keep the forum fair for other users.

Hello.

My question relates to question VSC002367 in GMAT PREP.

(1) a study showed that A had happened <correct>
(2) a study showed the happening of A <incorrect>

Do the two sentences have the same meaning?
The sentence (2) seems not to say that A happened in reality.

Thank you.

These are fundamentally different.

In "xxxx had ___ed", xxxx is the subject.

In "the ___ of xxxx", xxxx is the object.
In this construction, "___" will be a dedicated noun form, if such a thing exists. (For instance, destruction would be in the blank rather than destroying.) If no such noun exists, then the __ing form is used.

E.g.,

Lisa had won... --> used if Lisa won something (a prize, a competition, whatever)

On the other hand, the winning of Lisa would be a story about how someone (e.g., Lisa's husband) actually won Lisa. Lisa is the object.

You can't "happen something", of course, so "the happening of ___" is a nonsense construction.