Question

This is the boy whom won the race.
Spot the error.

Answer 1

Answer:

The error is

Explanation:

this is the boy who won the race

the error found here is whom - who

Answer 2

This is the boy who won the race. Here 'whom' is the error.

Explanation:

A pronoun is a part of speech that is used in place of a noun. There are many kinds of pronouns such as personal pronoun, possessive pronouns, interrogative pronouns, demonstrative pronouns and relative pronouns. Who and whom are two pronouns. Who is used as a relative pronoun for the subject. Whom is used for the object.

In the given sentence: This is the boy ....won the race, the boy is the subject. Hence the pronoun attached to it will be who and not whom.