SC QBANK -Q11

[syflysun1]

The Diary of Anne Frank tells the true story of a young girl and her family that were hidden during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands by a gentile Dutch couple, though they were eventually discovered.


a>that were hidden during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands by a gentile Dutch couple, though they were eventually discovered

b>that were hidden by a gentile Dutch couple during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, though they were eventually discovered

c>whom a gentile Dutch couple hid during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands but were eventually discovered

d>who were hidden by a gentile Dutch couple during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands but were eventually discovered

e>who were hidden by a gentile Dutch couple during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands even though they were eventually discovered

Small question for E's explanation
(E) The pronoun "they" is ambiguous - it could refer to the family or to the couple.

I think here the family or the couple belongs to collective noun, which is singular. "They" is incorrect instead of ambiguous.

[gorav.s]

Please post the original answer .

I think it is C. as we require whom after that.


in E --- I agree couple is a collective noun - singular.
but girl and her family -- is a plural.

[anoo.anand]

D - who were hidden is the right form...Who referring to family and her...

in c>whom a gentile Dutch couple hid during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands but were eventually discovered

I think we need a simple past tense here..

[RonPurewal]

I think here the family or the couple belongs to collective noun, which is singular. "They" is incorrect instead of ambiguous.

nope.
"a young girl and her family" would be they.

in fact, you can NEVER use a pronoun to refer to only half of "X and Y". so you're not allowed to use a pronoun to refer to just "a young girl", or to just "her family".

[RonPurewal]

Please post the original answer .

I think it is C. as we require whom after that.


in E --- I agree couple is a collective noun - singular.
but girl and her family -- is a plural.

the answer is (d).

(c) is incorrect because of the faulty parallelism between "whom a gentile dutch couple hid" and "...but were"