Samurai warriors of ancient Japan were expected to be expert combatant

Question

Samurai warriors of ancient Japan were expected to be expert combatants  who employed both skill and honor on the battlefield, as well as cultured citizens who were  well-versed in literature and the arts.

(A) who employed both skill and honor on the battlefield, as well as cultured citizens who were

(B) which employed both skill or honor on the battlefield, as well as cultured citizens who were

(C) who employed not only skill and honor on the battlefield, as well as cultured citizens that were

(D) who employed both skill and honor on the battlefield, or a cultured citizen who was

(E) whom employed both skill and honor on the battlefield, and cultured citizens whom were

daagh · Answer

1. who employed both skill and honor on the battlefield, as well as cultured citizens who were -------  uses the correct subject pronoun who --- Must be the correct choice

2. which employed both skill or honor on the battlefield, as well as cultured citizens who were -----'  which' is a wrong pronoun  
3. who employed not only skill and honor on the battlefield, as well as cultured citizens that were -------  not only -- as well is wrong idiom.  
4. who employed both skill and honor on the battlefield, or a cultured citizen who was ----  employed --- a cultured citizen - meaning gone haywire 
5. whom employed both skill and honor on the battlefield, and cultured citizens whom were---------  whom employed is wrong pronoun

tbhauer · Answer

A. Correct
B. Incorrect. No correlation between "warriors" and "which".
C. Incorrect. No correlation between "not only" and "as well".
D. Incorrect."Or" construes the meaning of the sentence.
E. Incorrect. No correlation between "warriors" and "whom".

sampriya · Answer

(A)  who  employed  both  skill  and  honor on the battlefield, as well as cultured citizens  who were

(B)  which  employed  both  skill  or  honor on the battlefield, as well as cultured citizens  who were

(C)  who  employed  not only  skill and honor on the battlefield,  as well as  cultured citizens  that were

(D)  who  employed  both  skill  and  honor on the battlefield, or a cultured citizen  who was

(E)  whom  employed  both  skill  and  honor on the battlefield, and cultured citizens  whom were

In our 5 second scan we can notice two splits
 1) who/which/whom
2)who were/that were/who was/whom were

3)we also notice the presence of the idiom both X and Y

1)Lets eliminate options based on who vs which
which cannot refer back to people therefore we can  eliminate B 
we can  eliminate E  as whom should be "who" (subject-for the verb employed)

2)Lets eliminate based on our second observation (we are left with options A,C and D)

that were refers to citizens(people), we cannot use "that" to refer back to people
 
eliminate C

between A and D

in option D "cultured citizen" refers back to the plural noun samurai warriors-wrong!

therefore A is the correct option!!

ItsTym · Answer

(A) who employed both skill and honor on the battlefield, as well as cultured citizens who were
 Who is correctly modifying combatants, both skill and honor –correct idiom and parallel. As well as cultured citizens ….who were is parallel.

(B) which employed both skill or honor on the battlefield, as well as cultured citizens who were
 which is wrong, used for places. Both….or…..—wrong construction

(C) who employed not only skill and honor on the battlefield, as well as cultured citizens that were
 who is correct, not only ….as well as is wrong.

(D) who employed both skill and honor on the battlefield, or a cultured citizen who was
 Samurai warriors is Plural so cultured citizen should be plural, cultured citizens who were….

(E) whom employed both skill and honor on the battlefield, and cultured citizens whom were
 whom is wrong

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