Question
Question: Fill in the blank with the appropriate option: This is the only song _______ lyrics I do not know....
Fill in the blank with the appropriate option:
This is the only song _______ lyrics I do not know.
A. Whom
B. That
C. Which
D. Whose
Solution
Pronoun is a word that substitutes for a noun or takes the place of a noun. For example: I, me, he, she, herself, each, few, they, that, many and etc.
Here, in this question a relative pronoun is used. Relative pronouns are those pronouns that often introduce dependent clauses in the sentence. The most common relative pronouns are: whose, who, whom, which, that.
There are forms of pronouns:
Pronoun Type | Members of the Subclass | Example |
---|---|---|
Possessive | mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs | The blue book is mine |
Reflexive | myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, oneself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves | She injured herself playing football |
Reciprocal | each other, one another | They really love each other |
Relative | that, which, who, whose, whom, where, when | The novel that you gave me was really interesting |
Demonstrative | this, that, these, those | This is a new jeep |
Interrogative | who, what, why, where, when, whatever | What did she say to you? |
Indefinite | anything, anybody, anyone, something, somebody, someone, nothing, nobody, none, no one | There's something in my bag |
Complete step by step answer:
Option A) Whom - is an incorrect option because whom is used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition. Here in the options relative pronouns are given and the relative pronoun who does not fit in the sentence. ‘This is the only song whose lyrics I do not know’ is an incorrect sense. Hence, this is an incorrect answer.
Option B) That – is an incorrect option because “that” is a relative pronoun and “that” can be used for both people and things. ‘That’ does not go with our statement ‘this is the only song that lyrics I do not know’ is a wrong sentence. Hence, this is an incorrect answer.
Option C) Which – is an incorrect option because “which” is used for the direct questions and statements. For example: She seemed more talkative than usual, WHICH was because she was nervous. However, which does not go with our statement in this question and portray wrong sense in the sentence ‘‘this is the only song which lyrics I do not know’. Hence, this is an incorrect answer.
Option D) Whose – is a correct answer because whose is a relative pronoun and it is used to indicate the following noun belongs to or is associated with the person or thing mentioned in the statement. Hence, this is the correct answer.
This is the only song whose lyrics I do not know.
Thus, the option (D) is correct.
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