Direction: Select whichever word you consider most appropriate for the blank space. __________ wins this civil war there will be little rejoicing at the victory.
Question and options
Direction: Select whichever word you consider most appropriate for the blank space.
__________ wins this civil war there will be little rejoicing at the victory.
- whomever
- whoever
- whatever
- whenever
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B - whoever
The blank needs a subject pronoun for the person/side that wins: "Whoever wins this civil war...". Whomever is an object form and cannot be the subject of "wins"; whatever and whenever do not fit. So "whoever".
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