Complete the sentence with the correct relative pronoun: 'The research vessel, _______ hull was reinforced with marine-grade titanium, navigated the shallow reef safely.'
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. whose
- Step 1: Determine the grammatical function needed: a possessive relative pronoun modifying the noun 'hull'.
- Step 2: 'Whose' is the only English possessive relative pronoun, correctly applied to both human and non-human antecedents ('The research vessel whose hull...').
Answer
whose.
Why not the others: 'which' is objective/subjective, requiring 'the hull of which'; 'whom' is objective human; 'that' cannot be possessive.
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