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.

Contemporary film directors, some of them write the scripts for, act in, and even produce own motion pictures, are thereby assuming ever more control of their art.

  1. Contemporary film directors, some of them write the scripts for, act in, and even produce

  2. Contemporary film directors, some of them writing the scripts for, acting in, and even producing

  3. Some of the contemporary film directors, write the scripts for, act in, and even produce

  4. Contemporary film directors, some of whom write the scripts for, act in, and even produce

  5. Contemporary film directors write the scripts for, act in, and even produce
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Explanation

Explanation for (1): ‘Them’ should be replaced by ‘whom’.

Explanation for (2): ‘Them’ should be replaced by ‘whom’.

Explanation for (3): ‘Them’ should be replaced by ‘whom’.
Justification for (4): ‘Them’ should be replaced by ‘whom’. Only this option does so. We will use relative pronoun 'whom' to refer to the original subject 'film directors'. Using 'them' introduces another subject in the sentence whcih is not required. Explanation for (5): ‘Them’ should be replaced by ‘whom’.

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