Question

I am absolutely in love with, her singing.
Choose the option with the correct placement of the underlined word.
A) NO CHANGE
B) I am absolutely in love with singing her
C) I am absolutely in love her with singing.
D) Her I am absolutely in love with singing.

Answer 1

Hint: Given sentence has singing as “gerund” and ‘her’ as a noun, by checking their placement we can identify if the sentence requires change or not.

Complete answer:
In general, an adjective is placed before the noun that it modifies. In the possessive case, the underlined adjective "her" must be put before the noun/gerund that qualifies.
The adjective is placed before the gerund it describes in the given sentence,' singing,' so no change is needed.
Lets see the options :
A) No change : Given sentence is grammatically correct as adjective is placed before noun thus this option is correct.
B) I am absolutely in love with singing her : This is incorrect since the adjective is positioned after the gerund, so that the roles have been modified: the 'singing' gerund functions as a verb, and the 'her' adjective functions as a noun. Sounds incomplete in the resulting sentence.
C) I am absolutely in love her with singing :This option is wrong too because instead of the gerund, the adjective follows another noun, 'love.' making it grammatically wrong.
D) Her I am absolutely in love with singing : This option is wrong because the adjective is put in front of the subject that it does not wish to modify making it grammatically wrong.

Hence, the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note: Adjectives are generally placed before the nouns they modify, but they are placed after the verb when used with linking verbs, such as forms of to be or "sense" verbs. A predicative adjective is called the latter type of adjective.