Standard English ConventionsVery hardPronoun case after a preposition
Standard English Conventions practice question
The award was shared between the two ____ had led the excavation.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. archaeologists whoCorrect
- B. archaeologists whom
- C. archaeologists, they
- D. archaeologists which
Answer: A. archaeologists who
'Who' is the subject of 'had led'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. archaeologists whom
- 'Whom' is an object form, but the pronoun is the subject of its clause.
- C. archaeologists, they
- A comma splice.
- D. archaeologists which
- 'Which' does not refer to people.
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