Standard English ConventionsVery hardWhom as the object of a clause
Standard English Conventions practice question
The scholarship went to the student ____ the judges considered the most promising.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. whomCorrect
- B. who
- C. which
- D. whose
Answer: A. whom
The pronoun is the object of "considered", so "whom".
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. who
- "who" is the subject form.
- C. which
- "which" is for things.
- D. whose
- "whose" is possessive.
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