who vs whom question

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by confuse mind » Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:17 pm

The board of trustees was pleased to announce that among the speakers chosen for this year's seminars there are a number of artists, including one that is an industrial designer.

A) among the speakers chosen for this year's seminars there are a number of artists, including one that is an industrial designer

B) the speakers at this year's seminars include a number of artists, one of whom is an industrial designer.

C) the speakers at this year's seminars include a number of artists, and one who is an industrial designer.

D)among the speakers at this year's seminars there are a number of artists, one who is an industrial designer.

E) Among the speakers at this year's seminars are a number of artists, including one which is an industrial designer.

The correct answer is B , why not C.

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by sam2304 » Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:02 pm

The problem with C is the wrong structure and it changes the meaning. It says as if there were two categories of speakers - artists and industrial designer. Moreover the artists are the objects of the sentence and whom should be the right usage as it is available in B.

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by karthikpandian19 » Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:55 pm

When the modifying noun is an object of the sentence, then WHOM need to be used.

As in B, you can see

modifying noun - industrial engineer....and it is the object of the sentence..

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by GmatKiss » Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:18 pm

IMO: B

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