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ACT English Difficulty: Hard (640)

Digital ACT English Practice Question #1610

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Choose the best option for the underlined portion: The lead researcher, who the university appointed to head the marine archaeology team, delivered the keynote address at the international symposium.
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Rearrange the clause: 'The university appointed [him/her]' -> 'him' ends in 'm', so use 'whom'.

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The relative pronoun serves as the direct object of the verb 'appointed' ('the university appointed whom'), requiring the objective case pronoun 'whom'. Option B correctly provides 'whom the university appointed'....

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