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Standard English ConventionsHardRelative pronoun for a book

Standard English Conventions practice question

The book ____ I lent you is due back at the library.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. A. thatCorrect
  2. B. who
  3. C. whom
  4. D. whose

Answer: A. that

That refers to the book, a thing.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. who
Who refers to people.
C. whom
Whom refers to people.
D. whose
Whose shows possession, which is not meant.

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