Choose the correct formal sentence.
Correct answer: C. The director, who the committee recommended, approved the proposal.
- A. The director approved the proposal, whom the committee recommended.
- B. The director approved the proposal who the committee recommended.
- C. The director, who the committee recommended, approved the proposal.
- D. The director approved the proposal that the committee recommended him.
Explanation
“Who” refers to the director and functions as the subject of “recommended.” The other options either misuse “whom,” attach the relative clause incorrectly, or create an ungrammatical construction.
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