Select the correct relative pronoun: The environmental engineer ______ project on wastewater recycling won the national innovation prize was interviewed on television.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. whose
- Step 1: Analyze syntactic relationship: The project belongs to or was created by the environmental engineer (possessive relationship).
- Step 2: Identify possessive relative determiner: 'whose' modifies the noun 'project'.
- Step 3: Confirm syntax: 'The environmental engineer whose project on wastewater recycling...'.
Answer
whose.
Why not the others: 'who' is a subjective pronoun; 'whom' is an objective pronoun; 'which' refers strictly to inanimate antecedents.
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