<p>Brightly lit stations welcomed the public, many _____ were skeptical of traveling underground.</p>
<p>F. of them
G. of whom
H. of who
J. Delete the underlined portion
Correct Answer: G</p>
<p>Can anyone explain to me why it is 'of whom'? I don't get it.. I thought it was 'of who'.</p>
<p>“whom” is used following a preposition (in this case “of”.) Who is used as a subject.</p>
<p>who subjective…
whom objective…</p>
<p>you wouldnt say “many of they(who) will come to the party”
you would say “many of them(whom) will come to the party”</p>
<p>lol i missed this problem too when i was practicing.</p>
<p>Try this trick - would you use “they” or “them” in the sentence? “Many of THEM were skeptical of traveling underground.” If “them” sounds right, then it should be “whom.” If “they” had sounded correct, then you would use “who.” That’s how I figure out which word to use.</p>
<p>Alright, thanks everyone !</p>
<p>Use the they/them examples someone used. The ACT doesnt care if you know why its the answer, they just care if you get it right or not.</p>
<p>Just some advice, of the past seven ACT tests i took (good bye about $200), of the 525 English questions i encountered, only two were who/whom.</p>
<p>You only had 2 in all 7!? I took one test the other day and there was 2 just in that one test.</p>
Hi, would you please explain why “them” is not the right answer? Thanks!
@someonescarlett Because “Brightly lit stations welcomed the public” is a full sentence and “Many of them were skeptical of traveling underground” is a full sentence. Two full sentences stuck together with just a comma is not correct. You must separate them with a period (“Brightly lit stations welcomed the public. Many of them were skeptical of traveling underground.”), semicolon (“Brightly lit stations welcomed the public; many of them were skeptical of traveling underground.”), or comma/conjunction combo (“Brightly lit stations welcomed the public, but many of them were skeptical of traveling underground.”).
@bodangles Thank you so much!!