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Standard English Conventions practice question
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Marie Curie, ____ won Nobel Prizes in two different sciences, remains a scientific icon.
- A. which
- B. whoCorrect
- C. whom
- D. that
Answer: B. who
The pronoun refers to a person (Marie Curie) and is the subject of 'won', so use 'who'. 'Which' is for things; 'whom' is for objects; 'that' isn't used in this nonrestrictive, comma-set clause.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. which
- 'Which' refers to things, not people, and Marie Curie is a person.
- C. whom
- 'Whom' is for objects, but this pronoun is the subject doing the action in 'won Nobel Prizes' — that calls for 'who.'
- D. that
- 'That' isn't used in a nonrestrictive clause set off by commas, and it's not the standard choice for referring to a person.
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