Question

The man __________answered the phone was rather rude
Select one:
a. which
b. that
c. whom

Answer 1

The man which/who answered the phone.

Whom is completely wrong

Answer 2

The man who answered the phone was rather rude

• Fill in the blanks questions consists of a blank space in a sentence which needs to be filled to make a meaningful sentence.
• The blanks are generally filled with correct verbs, tenses, articles, and pronouns or the already given options
• The correct option for the blank is - Who
• The term is a pronoun and is used to refer to someone
• Pronouns are quick words that are generally substituted for other nouns to speed up and diversify our speech and writing.
• The most commonly used terms are - They, I, you, who etc.
• For example:

1. Who is coming with you?
2. Who are you looking for?

• In the given sentence, the man who had answered the call is mentioned as rude.
• Thus, the correct sentence is - The man who answered the phone was rather rude

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