Form, Structure, and Sense: Agreement and Usage

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 4/5

The novelist credits her former mentor, ______ she met during her graduate studies, with shaping her literary voice.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  • A

    who

  • B

    that

  • C

    whom

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  • D

    which

Explanation

The pronoun is the object of "met" (she met whom), requiring object case "whom." Mentors are people, so "which" is wrong.

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