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Old 15-Mar-2006, 14:03
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Default Possessive used before gerund?

I remember 'way back when I was in school that I was taught that, when using a gerund, the noun/pronoun preceeding the gerund should be posssesive (i.e., "Patient is a 43-year-old male who comes to the emergency room by ambulance with a chief complaint of his heart's racing.")...is this still correct?
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'...Thorpe's swimming has increased as a result...'
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'...Thorpe's swimming has increased as a result...'

sounds OK.
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