Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Spotting Errors - Section 1 (Q.No. 102)
Directions to Solve
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
102.
(solve as per the direction given above)
Answer: Option
Explanation:
of me failing
Discussion:
21 comments Page 1 of 3.
Preeti said:
4 years ago
Failing is verb of is helping verb failing is used here as a verb not gerund and my should be replaced with me because preposition followed by objective case.
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Rashmi Riya said:
4 years ago
Here, my replace by me. "of me failing" is correct answer, because "of" is preposition and we know that, [preposition + objective case + v4].
Aadesh said:
8 years ago
Possessive adjective comes before gerund. So there is no error in the sentence.
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Aman said:
8 years ago
Possessive case comes before gerund.
Varun said:
8 years ago
No error, as failing here is gerund (noun).
And for failing possessive pronoun my is absolutely correct.
And for failing possessive pronoun my is absolutely correct.
Ganesh said:
8 years ago
I think there is No error on this sentence.
Mayank said:
8 years ago
Thanks for very nice explanation @Aditya.
Aditya said:
9 years ago
I guess that sentence is correct as the 'of' is a preposition, so it should be followed by a verb in 'ing' form and the pronoun which precedes it should be in possessive form viz. 'my'.
Rohit said:
9 years ago
Before gerund, we take possessive adjective so D is the right answer.
Tim said:
10 years ago
How about this? "There is no question of my failure in the examination"?
Is this still correct?
Is this still correct?
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