MGMAT FLASHCARD #46

[aps_asks]

This is a MGMAT SC Flashcard # 46

Us attending the conference is dependent on
our pilot receiving clearance to take off.

MGMAT EXPALANATION :

This question is about gerunds and verb tense. In this
sentence, "attending" and "receiving" are gerunds, and take
possessive nouns and pronouns, not direct objects.

Correct: Our attending the conference is dependent on our
pilot’s receiving clearance to take off.

My Question is : Do Gerund always require a Possessive noun or pronoun?

Please see the below sentence

She often thinks about skiing.

Here no possessive noun or pronoun is involved for the gerund skiing

[tim]

Gerunds do not always require a pronoun, but if they have one it can't be a subjective pronoun. Otherwise the pronoun is the subject and the -ing word is no longer a gerund..

[aps_asks]

Thanks Tim !

Just for Others ( Myself Included)

The English language subjective pronouns are I, you, he, she, it, we, what, who, and they.

[tim]

those are indeed all subjective pronouns..