In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s).:
The host insisted on ... what he called 'a little gift'
me to accept
me accepting
my accepting
my acceptance
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The 'ing' word in the sentence above functions as a gerund... Whenever an "ing" form of a verb comes in front or after the gap, the possessive pronoun will be used to fill in the gap not the objective pronoun
Possessive pronouns include: His, her, it, your, my, our, their
Objective pronoun include: him, her, it, you, me, us, them
Examples: They do not want ME dead - ( Objective pronoun is used because an adjective came after not a gerund)
Eg 2: I do not want YOUR shouting ( Possessive pronoun was supplied because a gerund came after)
Now considering the sentence above
The host insisted on MY accepting what he called a little gift.
Do you get it now?🙂
Can two suject level pronoun go together? The host is subject here and my is also a subject pronoun, I don't think my is the correct ans.
Whenever a preposition[on]comes before a gap,an object[me]is introduced. correct option is B
The driver smelt a rat,obviously,we can clearly see that he suspected that something was wrong. The correct option is B
The correct option is "C. My accepting."
In this sentence, "insisted on" is followed by a noun clause, which means it requires a noun after it. "My" indicates possession, and "accepting" is a gerund that functions as a noun in this case. Therefore, the correct phrasing would be "the host insisted on my accepting what he called a little gift."
The other options are not grammatically correct:
- "Me to accept" is incorrect because the subject of the infinitive "to accept" should be in the objective case, which is "me" rather than "I".
- "Me accepting" is a gerund phrase, where "me" refers to the person receiving the gift. However, it is not the correct phrasing because it is missing the possessive pronoun "my" that is necessary in this sentence.
- "My acceptance" is also grammatically correct, but it is a noun phrase rather than a gerund phrase. It could work in certain contexts, but it doesn't flow as naturally in this sentence.
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