Verbal Ability - Sentence Correction - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Sentence Correction - Section 1 (Q.No. 4)
Directions to Solve
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.
4.
The man to who I sold my house was a cheat.
Discussion:
33 comments Page 3 of 4.
Jayashri said:
1 decade ago
This sentence is in past tense and who can be changed to whom (relative pronoun).
Rabbani said:
1 decade ago
The man was a cheat is a principal clause so who is not correct whom is correct.
Hardhik said:
1 decade ago
This sentence refers to past tense. That's why we have to use past tense answer.
Soumya said:
1 decade ago
Dear friends since it is a passive voice we have to use whom. Got it?
Anurag said:
1 decade ago
Whom is acting as object and person is talking about the past so D is correct.
Godhan Singh said:
1 decade ago
Ya answer is correct because who is used for person in subject case while whom is also used for persion in object case.
Vidya said:
1 decade ago
Ya answer is correct because the house was sold to a man he was cheat in indirect speech we follow that as "whom".
Syed said:
1 decade ago
'i' is subject who also indicate subject so two subject wont come continuously,so whom is used as object instead of who
Mahesh said:
1 decade ago
Whom comes for object and who comes for subject here I is subject the person who purchased was object.
Swaroop said:
1 decade ago
I thnk there might not be 2 past tense arranged in one sentence.
Answer is not satisfied me.
Answer is not satisfied me.
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