Standard English ConventionsVery hardRelative pronoun in a cleft sentence
Standard English Conventions practice question
It was she, not her assistant, ____ signed the letter.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. whoCorrect
- B. whom
- C. which
- D. that she
Answer: A. who
Who is the subject of signed.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. whom
- Whom is an object form.
- C. which
- Which does not refer to a person.
- D. that she
- Repeats the subject.
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