The man to who I sold my house was a cheat.a)to whom I sellb)to who I ...
The correct option is (d) "to whom I sold".
Explanation:
The given sentence is in the past tense, and it describes an action that has already occurred. In such cases, we need to use the past tense and appropriate pronouns.
- The subject of the sentence is "I", and the verb is "sold".
- The object of the sentence is "my house", which is being sold.
- The relative pronoun used to connect the subject and object is "whom", which is used to refer to people.
Therefore, the correct sentence would be "The man to whom I sold my house was a cheat." Here, "whom" is the objective form of "who", and it is used to refer to the person who received the action of the verb, which is "sold".
The other options are incorrect because:
- (a) "to whom I sell" is incorrect because it uses the present tense instead of the past tense. Moreover, "sell" does not agree with the past tense "was" used later in the sentence.
- (b) "to who I sell" is incorrect because "who" is incorrect in this context. We need to use "whom" because it is the object of the verb "sold".
- (c) "who was sold to" is incorrect because it changes the meaning of the sentence. It implies that the man was the one who was sold, rather than the house.
- (e) "No correction required" is incorrect because there is an error in the original sentence. We need to use the correct pronoun to make it grammatically correct.
The man to who I sold my house was a cheat.a)to whom I sellb)to who I ...
The answer is D