The team ______ won the game is my favorite.
which word correctly completes the sentence above?
a. which
b.whom
c. who
d. that
Study these sites. What do you think?
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx
http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/that-or-which
is it whch A?
The word that correctly completes the sentence is "who." Therefore, the correct sentence would be "The team who won the game is my favorite."
The word that correctly completes the sentence is "who." Here's how you can determine the correct answer:
In this sentence, we have to identify the subject of the verb "won." The subject is the team that the speaker's favorite, so we need a pronoun that can refer to a team.
The pronouns "which" and "that" are typically used to refer to things (objects or non-human subjects), while the pronoun "whom" is used to refer to people (as an object).
Since the subject "team" is not a person, we can eliminate "whom."
Between "which" and "who," the word "who" is the correct choice because it refers to people or animals with names. In this case, we use "who" to refer to the team because many sports teams have names. "Which" is not appropriate in this context.
Therefore, the correct answer is c. "who."