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ACT English Difficulty: Hard (33)

Digital ACT English Practice Question #1332

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Choose the best option for the underlined portion: The investigative journalist interviewed several city planners, whom she believed were responsible for the controversial rezoning initiative.
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Mentally cross out parenthetical attributions like 'she believed', 'they thought', or 'we know' to test whether you need who (he/they) or whom (him/them).

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In the clause 'who she believed were responsible', 'she believed' is an intervening parenthetical attribution. Removing 'she believed' reveals 'who were responsible for the controversial rezoning initiative'. Because the pronoun serves as t...

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