Multiple choice general knowledge

Professional people now-a-days appreciate …………………when it is necessary to cancel an appointment.

  1. your calling them

  2. you to call them

  3. that you would call them

  4. that you are calling them

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Your calling them is a gerund phrase correctly used as the object of appreciate. After appreciate, we use the -ing form. You to call them incorrectly uses infinitive, that you would call them and that you are calling them are unnecessarily wordy and structurally awkward.