Question

Darsy likes snakes, _______ many people hate. who whose Relative clauses give us more information about someone or something (the subject or object of a main clause) and help us combine clauses without repeating information and give focus to something or someone: He is the man who I was talking about. We introduce a relative clause with a relative pronoun (who, whom, whose, which or that). In the test sentence ‘Darcy likes snakes, _______ many people hate.’ we need to choose a relative pronoun that is used at the beginning of a relative clause to show which thing we are talking about, because in the relative clause we are told more about snakes (reptiles). Therefore, among all the given test answers we can choose the relative pronouns ‘which’ that is used for things and animals. In the test sentence ‘which’ is the object of the relative clause: many people hate what? → snakes. ‘Whose’ is used to say that something or someone is connected with or belongs to a person, so, ‘whose’ is for possession and possessions: She has a sister whose name I can’t remember. The relative pronouns ‘who’ or ‘whom’ (more formal) are used for people. Therefore, we are to choose ANSWER 3 (which).

Accepted Answer

whom which c

Question	Darsy likes snakes, _______ many people hate.
A	whom
B	who
C	which
D	whose
Answer	c
Remark	Relative clauses give us more information about someone or something (the subject or object of a main clause) and help us combine clauses without repeating information and give focus to something or someone: He is the man who I was talking about. We introduce a relative clause with a relative pronoun (who, whom, whose, which or that). In the test sentence ‘Darcy likes snakes, _______ many people hate.’ we need to choose a relative pronoun that is used at the beginning of a relative clause to show which thing we are talking about, because in the relative clause we are told more about snakes (reptiles). Therefore, among all the given test answers we can choose the relative pronouns ‘which’ that is used for things and animals. In the test sentence ‘which’ is the object of the relative clause: many people hate what? → snakes. ‘Whose’ is used to say that something or someone is connected with or belongs to a person, so, ‘whose’ is for possession and possessions: She has a sister whose name I can’t remember. The relative pronouns ‘who’ or ‘whom’ (more formal) are used for people. Therefore, we are to choose ANSWER 3 (which).

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