who
whom
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Answer is Right!
Answer is Wrong!
The correct answer is A. who.
The sentence is about a poor man who nursed an orphan. The word “who” is used to refer to people. In this case, the poor man is the subject of the sentence, so we use “who” to refer to him.
The other options are not correct because they are not used to refer to people. “Whom” is used to refer to people as objects of verbs or prepositions. “That” and “which” are used to refer to things.
Here is a breakdown of each option:
- A. who is used to refer to people. In this case, the poor man is the subject of the sentence, so we use “who” to refer to him.
- B. whom is used to refer to people as objects of verbs or prepositions. In this case, the poor man is the subject of the sentence, not the object of a verb or preposition, so we cannot use “whom”.
- C. that is used to refer to things. In this case, the poor man is a person, not a thing, so we cannot use “that”.
- D. which is also used to refer to things. In this case, the poor man is a person, not a thing, so we cannot use “which”.