In this paper we study a condition right FGTF on a ring R, namely when all finitely generated torsionless right R-modules embed in a free module. We show that for a von Neuman regular (VNR) ring R the condition is equivalent to every matrix ring Rn is a Baer ring; and this is right-left symmetric. Furthermore, for any Utumi VNR, this can be strengthened: R is FGTF iff R is self-injective.

In this article, we study modules with the weak $FI$-extending property. We prove that if $M$ satisfies weak $FI$-extending, pseudo duo, $C_3$ properties and $M/\mathrm{Soc}M$ has finite uniform dimension then $M$ decomposes into a direct sum of a semisimple submodule and a submodule of finite uniform dimension. In particular, if $M$ satisfies the weak $FI$-extending, pseudo duo, $C_3$ properties and ascending (or descending) chain condition on essential submodules then $M=M_1\oplus M_2$ for some semisimple submodule $M_1$ and Noetherian (or Artinian, respectively)...

An $R$-module $M$ is said to be an extending module if every closed submodule of $M$ is a direct summand. In this paper we introduce and investigate the concept of a type 2 $\tau$-extending module, where $\tau$ is a hereditary torsion theory on $\text{Mod}$-$R$. An $R$-module $M$ is called type 2 $\tau$-extending if every type 2 $\tau$-closed submodule of $M$ is a direct summand of $M$. If ${\tau }_I$ is the torsion theory on $\text{Mod}$-$R$ corresponding to an idempotent ideal $I$ of $R$ and $M$ is a type 2 ${\tau }_I$-extending $R$-module, then the question of whether or not $M/MI$ is...