Possesive case

[abhap1]

Hello,
I have a query in modifiers and pronoun for possessive case.
Please help to get my concepts clear. I am confused.

For eg:
1)Ram's uncle will die, leaving his property.

Here, leaving modifies uncle.
What does "his" stands for: uncle or Ram? Ram is in possessive form so his can stand for ram as well.

2)Ram's uncle will die and leave his property.
In this, "his" stands for whom?

Does the use of his/its or any possessive differ when used within a modifier or used as a clause.


Thanks

[RonPurewal]

as long as the meaning of the pronoun is obvious in context, it's fine both ways.

here, there's only one reasonable meaning (namely, that the "property" is the dying man's). so both pronouns are fine.

[RonPurewal]

also note that the gmat does not test ambiguous pronouns in the first place, so this is altogether a non-issue.

it is certainly possible for a pronoun to be genuinely ambiguous (e.g., in "Sharon talked to Laura about her dogs" we really have no way of knowing whether the dogs are sharon's or laura's), but the gmat does not trouble us with such things.