<p>Embarrassment over the discovery of [element 118, announced with great fanfare and then retracted amid accusations of scientific fraud, has left] the nuclear physics community feeling bruised. </p>
<p>(a) element 118, announced with great fanfare and then retracted amid accusations of scientific fraud, has left
(b) element 118, which was announced with great fanfare and afterwards which was retracted amid accusations of scientific fraud, has left </p>
<p>(a)is the correct answer but isn't (b) gramatically correct too? </p>
<p>He was the author [whom] I [believed] was [most likely] to receive the [coveted] award. No error</p>
<p>the answer is whom</p>
<p>Please give this scholarship [to whoever] in the graduating class [has done] the most to [promote] [goodwill] in the communitiy. No error</p>
<p>the answer is no error</p>
<p>I keep getting mixed up with who/whom could anybody clarify this usage plz?</p>
<p>One last question what do u guys think about the barrons 2009 book? are the questions harder than the actual SAT?</p>
<p>First question:<a href=“a”>/u</a> is correct, I believe, because it is more straightforward. (b) *may * be right, too, but it’s not the type of answer that the test-makers are looking for :D. (Wait! It seems that “afterwards” was misplaced don’t you think? It must directly preceed “retracted”?) Anyway, rule of thumb: CONCISENESS!</p>
<p>Second question: “whom” is the correct answer because what we are looking for is a relative pronoun that can play the role of “the author” as the subject, not the object, of the clause “____ was most likely to receive…”. So “whom” here has to be replaced by “who”. I assume you fluctuated between A and E because you were tricked by the phrase “I believed” :D. In this case, “I believe” can be left out. </p>
<p>Now consider the difference between “who” and “whom” in the following senteces, which are error-free; I guarantee :)</p>
<ul>
<li>He was the author who was most likely to receive the award. (subject)</li>
<li>He was the author whom I really respect. (object)</li>
</ul>
<p>The same rule applies to “whomever” and “whoever”.</p>
<p>Third question: Many people on this forum are of the opinion that questions and tests Barron’s books are generally tougher than the real thing. You may refer to old threads for intense discussions on this.</p>
<p>thx!!! however i still have one more question
doesn’t it have to be to whomever instead of “to whoever”
in this case, isn’t it referring to the object of this sentence??
ahhhhh can someone plz clarify this i’m so confused :(</p>
<p>i believe “to whomever” is correct in that sentence, since it’s an object of the preposition, right? or is “whomever” supposed to be the subject of the object? lol.</p>
<p>It’s “whoever” because the word is merely one part of the greater indirect object phrase, in which “whoever” is being used nominatively to “[do] the most.”</p>
<p>@ kipling: I got 2 wrong on Multiple Choice, and a 8 on essay, for a 730. So I *assume * that to get at least 750, you need to ace the Multiple Choice portion.</p>
<p>Please give this scholarship [to whoever] in the graduating class [has done] the most to [promote] [goodwill] in the communitiy. No error</p>
<p>Think of this sentence as analogous to:
Please give this scholarship to Hermione.
Both the clause “whoever has done the most” and the word “Hermione” function as objects of the preposition “to.”<br>
The form, who or whom, is always determined by its function in its OWN CLAUSE. In this case, it’s the subject of “has done.”</p>
<p>Please give this scholarship [to whoever] in the graduating class [has done] the most to [promote] [goodwill] in the communitiy. No error</p>
<p>The way to approach whoever or whomever is as follows:
Please give the scholarship to him. He has done the most blahblah.
If him+he can be substituted and reads correct it is whoever. Else if it is him+him then it is whomever.</p>
<p>thx guys!!!
btw great site parent62 really helped a lot
@ crazybandit, nguyenminhhieuh
what books did u guyz use? did u guys use books other than the blue book?
i don’t know but sometimes I feel that questions in bb are a little bit easier than questions on the actual SAT test</p>
<p>crazybandit, you are WAAAAAY wrong about the curve.</p>
<p>12 essay and 2 wrong is NO WAY a 750. It’s almost always an 800 in fact. (i’ve seen QASs to prove it).</p>
<p>Sometimes -3 raw is 800 with a 12 essay.</p>
<p>I got an 800 with a 10 essay and -1 MC. It’s possible to get as low as an 8 essay with perfect MC and get an 800, though 9 is usually the cutoff.</p>
<p>@kipling: for Multiple-Choice Writing, I used the old SAT II Writing prep book (by McGraw Hills, if I’m not mistaken) wholeheartedly, and it’s turned out to be a GREAT book so far.</p>