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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which interrogative pronoun best completes the sentence? How is the pronoun used? __________ did you convince to sponsor you in the charity race? A. Whose; possessive B. Whom; direct object C. Whom; object of a preposition D. Who; subject

OpenStudy (solomonzelman):

what would you put in whom or who?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I'd put whom

OpenStudy (solomonzelman):

yes, because with the rest of the options that makes no sense.

OpenStudy (solomonzelman):

now, the direct object is the thing being acted upon.

OpenStudy (solomonzelman):

you convince someone and this someone is whom. So whom (i would say) is the direct object.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thanks

OpenStudy (solomonzelman):

and object of preposition looks even more amorphous here.

OpenStudy (solomonzelman):

yw

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