Standard English ConventionsHardWho versus whom as subject of a clause
Standard English Conventions practice question
The scholarship goes to the student ____ the committee believes will benefit most from a year abroad.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. whoCorrect
- B. whom
- C. which
- D. whose
Answer: A. who
The pronoun is the subject of 'will benefit' (the committee believes [she] will benefit), so 'who'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. whom
- 'Whom' is an object form, but here the pronoun is the subject of 'will benefit'.
- C. which
- 'Which' is not used for people.
- D. whose
- 'Whose' is possessive and makes no sense here.
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