SAT OwlQuestion bank / Form, Structure, and Sense
Jazz pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams, ______ arrangements were performed by the bands of Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, also mentored younger musicians such as Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
who's
whose
who
whom
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Answer: B
The arrangements belong to Williams, so a possessive relative pronoun is needed. "Whose" is the possessive form. "Who's" means "who is," and "who" and "whom" are not possessive.
Choice A sounds the same as "whose," but it is a contraction of "who is."
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