____ resigning left our team without a technology expert.

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BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

Possessive nouns are used before gerunds to indicate whose action or event is being referred to. The word "resigning" functions as a gerund (a verb form acting as a noun), so the noun that owns or performs that action should appear in the possessive form.

1) Relevant knowledge points and concepts
- Gerund: a verb form ending in -ing that acts as a noun (here, "resigning" names the act).
- Possessive before a gerund: Standard grammar prefers the possessor in the possessive case (e.g., "Rita’s resigning") to show that the act belongs to or is performed by that person.
- Contractions vs. possessives: Written form "Rita’s" can represent either the possessive or the contraction "Rita is"; context dictates meaning.

2) Step-by-step reasoning
- Identify the role of "resigning": It names an action (the act of resigning), so it is a gerund.
- Decide what form the noun before a gerund should take: To indicate whose action it is, use the possessive form of the noun.
- Apply this to the proper name Rita: Convert Rita to its possessive form, which is Rita’s (Rita + ’s).

3) Intermediate steps (grammatical forms)
- Rita (base noun) + ’s → Rita’s (possessive)
- Rita is (contraction) + resigning → "Rita’s resigning" could be read as "Rita is resigning" but when followed by "left our team" the intended meaning is the act caused the effect, so possessive interpretation is required.

4) Why the correct answer is correct
"Rita’s resigning left our team without a technology expert." reads as "The fact of Rita’s resigning caused the team to be without an expert." Using the possessive makes clear that the resignation is Rita’s action and is the noun causing the result.

5) Why other plausible options are incorrect
- "Rita" (no apostrophe): Leaves a bare noun before a gerund; less formally correct and can be ambiguous.
- "Rita is" (Rita’s as contraction for "Rita is"): Would yield an ungrammatical or incoherent meaning when combined with "left our team" (e.g., "Rita is resigning left our team" is not correct).
- Any other tense forms like "Rita resigned" change the sentence structure and no longer pair correctly with "left our team" as a noun phrase.

Conclusion: The possessive form "Rita’s" is the grammatically correct choice, matching the provided answer "Rita’s."

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