89. Presenters at the seminar, one who is blind, will demonstrate adaptive equipment that allows visually impaired people to use computers. (A) one who (B) one of them who (C) and one of them who (D) one of whom (E) one of which Idiom The writer is trying to include information regarding one of the presenters at the seminar; the phrase must correctly refer back to presenters. The pronouns who or whom should be used to refer to people. In this situation, the correct pronoun is whom because an objective case pronoun must be used following the preposition of. A One who could only be used after an introductory word such as including B One of them who is awkward and ungrammatical C And creates the impression that the blind presenter is not part of the group; one of them who is awkward and ungrammatical D Correct. This sentence uses the proper objective pronoun whom; the phrase clearly conveys the idea of one person out of a larger group. E The pronoun which can only refer to objects, events, or unnamed animals; it cannot be used to refer to people The correct answer is D. |