Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Who do you think the company will send abroad for the meeting?

  1. Who do you think the company will send abroad for the meeting?

  2. Who do you think will be sent abroad for the meeting by the company?

  3. Who do you think will the company send abroad for the meeting?

  4. Whom do you think will the company send abroad for the meeting?

  5. Whom do you think the company will send abroad for the meeting?
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E Correct answer
Explanation

Explanation for (1): The company is supposed to act, hence, 'whom' is the appropriate use. (Whom will the company send?)

Explanation for (2): This option fails to correct the error of relative pronoun and also unnecessarily turns the question into passive voice.

Explanation for (3): This option fails to correct the error of relative pronoun and also commits the error of double interrogative in the same sentence. The appropriate usage is 'the company will send' and not 'will the company send'.
Explanation for (4): This option corrects the error of relative pronoun but commits the error of double interrogative in the same sentence. The appropriate usage is 'the company will send' and not 'will the company send'. Justification for (5): The company is supposed to act, hence, 'whom' is the appropriate use. (Whom will the company send?)

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