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?
- A. thatCorrect
- B. who
- C. whom
- 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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