Who vs Whom

This topic has expert replies
User avatar
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 270
Joined: Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:00 am
Thanked: 24 times
Followed by:2 members

Who vs Whom

by neerajkumar1_1 » Wed May 26, 2010 9:34 am
Once the audience had filed out, Serge began to wonder who, if anyone, had listened to his long speech.
A. began to wonder who, if anyone, had listened to his long speech.
B. began wondering whom, if anyone, had listened to his long speech.
C. began wondering whom, if anyone, listens to his long speech.
D. began to wonder who, if anyone, was listening to his long speech.
E. began wondering who, if anyone, was listening to his long speech.

[spoiler]OA:A[/spoiler]

Personally i use subject / object rule to differentiate between who and whom.
On reading the sentence, I feel Serge is the subject, but i got the answer wrong... Please let me know the correct usage of who or whom... thanks..
Source: — Sentence Correction |

Legendary Member
Posts: 544
Joined: Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:14 am
Location: Pune, India
Thanked: 31 times
Followed by:2 members

by adi_800 » Wed May 26, 2010 9:39 am
Correct answer having two past perfects...Thats strange on GMAT...
we have first past perfect at the start of the sentence -> Had filed n then again followed by had listened...
For this reason I eliminated A n thats the right answer..
:(
N we dont require past continuous tense for this one..
Can u let us know the source of the problem...

User avatar
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 270
Joined: Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:00 am
Thanked: 24 times
Followed by:2 members

by neerajkumar1_1 » Wed May 26, 2010 9:46 am
800score

Legendary Member
Posts: 537
Joined: Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:06 pm
Thanked: 14 times
Followed by:1 members

by frank1 » Wed May 26, 2010 10:08 am
who is correct
and it describes two things that happened in the past
so
had.....had
may be if there was
past progressive ....was/were would have fit...

Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 301
Joined: Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:18 pm
Thanked: 4 times

by ansumania » Fri May 28, 2010 4:51 pm
will someone pl. explain in detail why do we use past perfect here ?

how do we know whether to use past perfect or past progressive?

• Page 1 of 1