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The Joneses are hoping that whomever threw the toxic leaves into their pasture was simply thinking the cows might like something green and leafy to munch on.
(A) The Joneses are hoping that whomever threw the toxic leaves into their pasture was simply thinking the cows might like something green and leafy to munch on.
(B) The Joneses are hoping that whomever threw the toxic leaves into their pasture were simply thinking the cows might like something green and leafy to munch on.
(C) The Joneses’ are hoping that whomever threw the toxic leaves into their pasture was simply thinking the cows might like something green and leafy on which to munch.
(D) The Joneses are hoping that whoever threw the toxic leaves into their pasture was simply thinking the cows might like something green and leafy to munch on.
(E) The Joneses are hoping that whoever threw the toxic leaves into the pasture was simply thinking the cows might like something green and leafy to munch on.
(A) The Joneses are hoping that whomever threw the toxic leaves into their pasture was simply thinking the cows might like something green and leafy to munch on.
(B) The Joneses are hoping that whomever threw the toxic leaves into their pasture were simply thinking the cows might like something green and leafy to munch on.
(C) The Joneses’ are hoping that whomever threw the toxic leaves into their pasture was simply thinking the cows might like something green and leafy on which to munch.
(D) The Joneses are hoping that whoever threw the toxic leaves into their pasture was simply thinking the cows might like something green and leafy to munch on.
(E) The Joneses are hoping that whoever threw the toxic leaves into the pasture was simply thinking the cows might like something green and leafy to munch on.
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22 Jan 2022, 08:39
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The Joneses are hoping
- that whomever
- threw the toxic leaves
- into their pasture
- was simply thinking the cows might like something green and leafy to munch on.
- into their pasture
- threw the toxic leaves
X threw blahblah
The question is whether “X” is the subject or the object of the clause, meaning the "doer" or "receiver" of the action.
Clearly X is the doer. Therefore, "whoever" must be correct.
In (D)
Prior to "their", there are two noun/prounoun - "The Joneses", "whoever"
The pronoun "their" refers to plural entity - "The Joneses"
This changes the meaning to:
The Joneses are hoping that whoever threw the toxic leaves into [The Joneses's] pasture
Clearly this is not the intended meaning.
IMO, E
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Choice (A) incorrectly uses the objective case (whomever) as subject of the verb threw.
Choice (B) changes the singular verb was to the plural were, perhaps thinking incorrectly that the subject of the clause is the Joneses.
Choice (C) assumes that the mistake is in the funny-looking but correct “Joneses” and adds a meaningless apostrophe.
Choice (D) gets it right. Whoever is the subject of the verb threw and is the only correction needed.
Choice (E) changes their to the and accomplishes nothing!
The answer is (D).
