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by GmatKiss » Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:31 am
I would like to thank whoever it was that wrote that piece of music: it has given me so much pleasure.

A. I would like to thank whoever it was that wrote that piece of music:
B. I would like to thank whomever it was that has written that piece of music:
C. I would like to thank whomever it might be that wrote that piece of music:
D. Whoever it was that wrote that piece of music, I would like to thank because
E. I would like to thank whoever it was that wrote that piece of music,

OA after some discussion
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by force5 » Fri Sep 02, 2011 12:04 pm
A is better than the rest.

D, E are run on's.

music has already been written so Has in B doesnt make sense.

There is no realistic object (whom i would like to thank) Hence whoever is better.

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by cyrwr1 » Fri Sep 02, 2011 5:41 pm
C is my choice

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by champ0007 » Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:44 pm
First, if we are clear about the difference in the usage between "whoever" and "whomever", we can eliminate some options.

I would like to thank whoever/whomever it was that wrote the music
Break up -
I would like to thank him. He wrote that music ( imples Whoever)
I would like thank him. The music was written by him (implies whomever) -- also Passive voice

It might be helpful --> https://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/whoever.asp

Therefore, IMO A

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by aspirant2011 » Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:19 am
GmatKiss wrote:I would like to thank whoever it was that wrote that piece of music: it has given me so much pleasure.

A. I would like to thank whoever it was that wrote that piece of music:
B. I would like to thank whomever it was that has written that piece of music:
C. I would like to thank whomever it might be that wrote that piece of music:
D. Whoever it was that wrote that piece of music, I would like to thank because
E. I would like to thank whoever it was that wrote that piece of music,

OA after some discussion
I agree with Force 5 in his explanation........

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by crick » Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:13 am
Don't we need a semi-colon ( ; ) instead of the colon here ( : ) ?

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by saketk » Sat Sep 03, 2011 11:33 am
crick wrote:Don't we need a semi-colon ( ; ) instead of the colon here ( : ) ?

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i also think so. why Colon?

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