Question

I insist on _____ this small present as a token of my appreciation.
a) your accepting
b) you to accept
c) yours accepting
d) you accept

Answer 1

Hint: A verb is a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence. A verb is the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to find out which of the options given to us fit perfectly in the sentence such that it is grammatically correct.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question-
Option (a.), 'your accepting', refers to ‘your’ which is a possessive form of ‘you’.
Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as there is no possession noun given after ‘your’ to make it correct.
Option (b.), ‘you to accept', uses the preposition ‘to’ which is used to indicate purpose.
Therefore, option (b.) is correct as the use of the preposition correctly indicates that the purpose is ‘you’ accepting the present.
Option (c.), ‘yours accepting', refers to ‘yours’ which is a possessive pronoun. Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as there is no possession indicated here.
Option (d.), ‘you accept', is incorrect as it is not in the correct grammatical tense.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of prepositions. A preposition is a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word.