Choosing between Who and Whom (2)

For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun.

For help with this exercise, see Chapter 20.

example

Most people think it was Thomas Edison (who, whom) invented the electric lightbulb.

a. who

b. whom

  1. Question

    Edison is certainly the one (who, whom) became famous for his electric lightbulb, but he did not invent it.

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    		B.
    Choosing between {em}Who{/em} and {em}Whom{/em} (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun.: Edison is certainly the one (who, whom) became famous for his electric lightbulb, but he did not invent it.

  2. Question

    The inventor to (who, whom) this credit belongs is the English chemist Humphry Davy.

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    		B.
    Choosing between {em}Who{/em} and {em}Whom{/em} (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun.: The inventor to (who, whom) this credit belongs is the English chemist Humphry Davy.

  3. Question

    It was Davy for (who, whom), in 1809, a charged strip of charcoal took on a satisfying glow after he connected it to a battery with wires.

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    		B.
    Choosing between {em}Who{/em} and {em}Whom{/em} (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun.: It was Davy for (who, whom), in 1809, a charged strip of charcoal took on a satisfying glow after he connected it to a battery with wires.

  4. Question

    An English physicist named Joseph Wilson Swan, (who, whom) is also largely unknown, advanced this development in 1878 by creating an electric lightbulb that glowed for 13.5 hours.

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    		B.
    Choosing between {em}Who{/em} and {em}Whom{/em} (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun.: An English physicist named Joseph Wilson Swan, (who, whom) is also largely unknown, advanced this development in 1878 by creating an electric lightbulb that glowed for 13.5 hours.

  5. Question

    Three years earlier, Henry Woodward and Matthew Evans had patented a lightbulb, and it was then Edison (who, whom) purchased their patent and in 1879 devised a carbon filament that burned for 40 hours.

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    		B.
    Choosing between {em}Who{/em} and {em}Whom{/em} (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun.: Three years earlier, Henry Woodward and Matthew Evans had patented a lightbulb, and it was then Edison (who, whom) purchased their patent and in 1879 devised a carbon filament that burned for 40 hours.