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PostMon Jul 06, 2009 5:48 am Reply with quote
excellent question to explain who vs whom.
http://1000sc.gmatdarbaar.com/?p=1601

Not D
because.. there are 2 events here...
1) visions of virgin mary - this event is completed
2) continue to see the vision - this is still continuing.

So had is required for the first event.
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PostMon Jul 06, 2009 5:54 am Reply with quote
This is a great little trick. I googled who whom and found the following link: http://web.ku.edu/~edit/whom.html

You can use this trick in the original q by taking the words after the who/whom and forming a sentence with either he/she=who or him/her=whom. So:

"... They say HE has continued to appear"

so proper use is WHO

Hope this helps
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PostMon Jul 06, 2009 6:15 am Reply with quote
m&m wrote:
This is a great little trick. I googled who whom and found the following link: http://web.ku.edu/~edit/whom.html

You can use this trick in the original q by taking the words after the who/whom and forming a sentence with either he/she=who or him/her=whom. So:

"... They say HE has continued to appear"

so proper use is WHO

Hope this helps
Awesome explanation !!!

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PostMon Jul 06, 2009 11:22 pm Reply with quote
real2008 wrote:
In June, 1981, six teenagers in the village of Medjugorje, Yugoslavia, claimed to have had visions of the Virgin Mary, who they say has continued to appear to them over the ensuing years.
(A) claimed to have had visions of the Virgin Mary, who
(B) claimed to have visions of the Virgin Mary, whom
(C) claimed to have had visions of the Virgin Mary, whom
(D) claimed to have visions of the Virgin Mary, who
(E) had claimed to have had visions of the Virgin Mary, whom

why not D?
OA is A
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