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"husband" is subjective and hence it should be who instead of whom. The option E is completely wrong as it changes many other things that are not underlined.
Answer should be B.

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B. herself and her husband, who was

the correct proposition is who
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The artist had drawn a beautiful portrait of herself and her husband, whom was standing beside her, smiling at the camera.

Who/Whom - Since husband was the subject of "was standing besides her" so who will be use.

A. herself and her husband, whom was
Rejected for above reason
B. herself and her husband, who was
Correct. IMO
C. herself and her husband, he was
Run on sentence.
D. herself and husband; he were
Subject verb dis-agreement :p
E. herself and her husband, standing and smiling at the camera
Standing modifying the complete sentence and not husband, so incorrect.
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The artist had drawn a beautiful portrait of herself and her husband, whom was standing beside her, smiling at the camera.

A. herself and her husband, whom was
B. herself and her husband, who was
C. herself and her husband, he was
D. herself and husband; he were
E. herself and her husband, standing and smiling at the camera

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The original sentence has a major grammatical error i.e. using 'whom' because it is the object of the verb 'was'. The correct pronoun that should be used here 'who' which is the subject of the verb 'was'.

A. herself and her husband, whom was: As explained above, INCORRECT
B. herself and her husband, who was: Correct use pronoun 'who' here and SV agreement is also right. CORRECT
C. herself and her husband, he was: Here the use of pronoun 'he' makes the second clause an independent clause.
However no conjunction is used to join the two clauses. INCORRECT

D. herself and husband; he were: Use of 'were' violates the SV agreement. He 'was' and not he 'were'. INCORRECT
E. herself and her husband, standing and smiling at the camera: The intended meaning is completely changed here. The clause after the comma pertains the meaning that the artist was standing and smiling at the camera, while in the original sentence artist;s husband is standing beside her and both were smiling at the camera. INCORRECT
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(A) "Whom" is an object pronoun that refers to the person who was the recipient of an action, but "her husband" is not the recipient of any action, hence its usage here is wrong.

(B) "who" correctly refers to "her husband" in this sentence, and there is no grammar or meaning issue in this sentence. Hence this is the correct answer.

(C) "The artist .... and her husband" and " he was standing beside her" are two independent clauses separated by only a comma, which is wrong.

(D) This sentence conveys the portrait was of herself and husband, but whose husband is not clear, it should be "her husband" to clarify. Also "he were ...." is grammatically wrong, "he" is a singular pronoun so "was" should be used.

(E) If we fill this option in the underlined sentence, it will read:- "The artist had drawn a beautiful portrait of herself and her husband, standing and smiling at the camera standing beside her, smiling at the camera." This construction is clearly wrong due to the illogical repetition of "standing" and "smiling" actions.
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A. herself and her husband, whom was
"whom" is wrong. We require "who"

B. herself and her husband, who was
Correct Option.

C. herself and her husband, he was
2 simple sentences cannot be joined by a comma.

D. herself and husband; he were
who's "husband"? Also "were" is incorrect.

E. herself and her husband, standing and smiling at the camera
Gramatically wrong.

Answer Option B.
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The artist had drawn a beautiful portrait of herself and her husband, whom was standing beside her, smiling at the camera.

A. herself and her husband, whom was
the usage of whom is incorrect and sounds wrong.

B. herself and her husband, who was
the usage of who is incorrect.

C. herself and her husband, he was
This is correct.
D. herself and husband; he were
Were is plural, hence incorrect.

E. herself and her husband, standing and smiling at the camera
standing is written twice, hence correct.
Answer = C
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The artist had drawn a beautiful portrait of herself and her husband, whom was standing beside her, smiling at the camera.

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A. herself and her husband, whom was
Usage of "whom" is incorrect.

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B. herself and her husband, who was
Usage of "who" is correct.

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C. herself and her husband, he was
Two independent clauses cannot be joined by just a comma.

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D. herself and husband; he were
"were" cannot be used for a singular pronoun "he".

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E. herself and her husband, standing and smiling at the camera
",v-ing" modifier provides either cause & effect relationship with the preceding clause or more information about the preceding clause while making logical sense with the subject of the preceding clause. Here, per the meaning there is no cause & effect relationship, therefore "standing & smiling" must make logical sense with the artist.

IMO OA should be B.
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A. herself and her husband, whom was
'Whom' is used when the person is the object of a verb or a preposition. "Whom" links back to "her husband", however this is incorrect as "her husband" is the subject of the verb "standing".

B. herself and her husband, who was
Correct. This correctly links the subject of the verb, "her husband" to the verb itself "standing",

C. herself and her husband, he was
"He was" does not link the subject of the verb itself well. The use of "he was" also creates a separate independent clause, and a comma cannot separate two independent clauses therefore this choice has a comma splice error too.

D. herself and husband; he were
"Were" is plural and "he" is singular so that alone eliminates this choice.

E. herself and her husband, standing and smiling at the camera
This choice changes the meaning of sentence. It now implies that the portrait of the couple is of them standing and smiling at a camera.

ANSWER B
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answer is B.

whom was is wrong usage. eliminate A
B is fine - meaning wise and grammatically. so hold on to B
there is a comma, and who rightly modifies the husband. its a better choice than "he was". so eliminate C
subject verb agreement fails when u use "he were". so eliminate D
unnecessarily wordy, messes with the meaning. so eliminate E

so answer is B
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The artist had drawn a beautiful portrait of herself and her husband, whom was standing beside her, smiling at the camera.

A. herself and her husband, whom was
incorrect 'objective pronoun' usage -- 'whom' is incorrect

B. herself and her husband, who was
correct pronoun usage in the form of 'who'

C. herself and her husband, he was
use of comma splice -- doesn't convey the meaning appropriately

D. herself and husband; he were
S-V agreement error in this prompt

E. herself and her husband, standing and smiling at the camera
incorrect use of the modifier 'twice'


(B) is the CORRECT answer
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The artist had drawn a beautiful portrait of herself and her husband, whom was standing beside her, smiling at the camera.

A. herself and her husband, whom was
B. herself and her husband, who was
C. herself and her husband, he was
D. herself and husband; he were
E. herself and her husband, standing and smiling at the camera


 


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A. herself and her husband, whom was
The correct pronoun used to refer back to a noun describing - me/he or she is who. Therefore, incorrect.

B. herself and her husband, who was
Seems fine. Keep.

C. herself and her husband, he was
Stylistically incorrect.

D. herself and husband; he were
There is no need for a semicolon here, which indicates a sentence fragment. Moreover, the use of were is incorrect when used in reference to a singular noun. Incorrect.


E. herself and her husband, standing and smiling at the camera
Misplaced modifier. The sentence seems to suggest that the artist drew the portrait while standing next to her husband and smiling at the camera, which is logically not correct. Incorrect.
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(A) This is incorrect cause 'whom' is not used correctly here. Her husband is not an object here.
(B) This sentence seems to be correct with right use of "who" and keeping the sentence as grammatically correct.
(C) This is incorrect cause 'he' a pronoun is used in place of whom a relative pronoun modifier. Using pronoun is incorrect here as there should be a relative pronoun modifier.
(D) This is incorrect cause 'were' doesnt agree with 'her husband' in number
(E) This is incorrect cause 'standing' should used as a verb telling us that her husband was standing while in this option it acts as a modifier.

Hence suspected correct answer is (B).
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Whom is used when there is recipient of an action. Who is used when perform of an action.

A. Whom is incorrect
B. Correct usage.
C.Trap, ambiguous
D. Brings confusion
E. Wordy and creates ambiguity

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The artist had drawn a beautiful portrait of herself and her husband, whom was standing beside her, smiling at the camera.

A. herself and her husband, whom was - whom is incorrect usage
B. herself and her husband, who was
C. herself and her husband, he was - since he refers to her husband, which just before the comma, we don't need 'he' again
D. herself and husband; he were - continuation of the sentence is broken due to the ';'
E. herself and her husband, standing and smiling at the camera - this meaning of the statement comes out to be that the husband was smiling and standing at the camera (standing at the camera is illogical)
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The artist had drawn a beautiful portrait of herself and her husband, whom was standing beside her, smiling at the camera.

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A. herself and her husband, whom was
should use "who"

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B. herself and her husband, who was
A trick I've learned about deciding between "who" and "whom" was to convert it into a question - "who(m) was standing beside her?" "He was!" Therefore, the correct answer is "who"

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C. herself and her husband, he was

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D. herself and husband; he were
"were" is wrong

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E. herself and her husband, standing and smiling at the camera
Smiling at the camera is repeated twice, so definitely wrong
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The artist had drawn a beautiful portrait of herself and her husband, whom was standing beside her, smiling at the camera.

A. herself and her husband, whom was
B. herself and her husband, who was
C. herself and her husband, he was
D. herself and husband; he were
E. herself and her husband, standing and smiling at the camera


 


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A. herself and her husband, whom was
Incorrect. Instead of "whom", "who" should be used.
B. herself and her husband, who was
Correct. The intended meaning of the the sentence is clear.
C. herself and her husband, he was
Incorrect. The use of pronoun "he" is incorrect. "who" should be used.
D. herself and husband; he were
Incorrect, the omission of "her" before husband. Makes the sentence less clear.
E. herself and her husband, standing and smiling at the camera.
Incorrect. Redundant. The intended meaning is lost. Eliminate this.

Correct answer is option B.
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