In the following questions, a sentence is given with a highlighted phrase in it. The highlighted phrase may/may not be grammatically correct. Choose the best alternative to replace the highlighted phrase so as to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If no replacement is required, choose option E as your answer. The museum archivist presented the ancient manuscript to the historical committee, whom agreed that the artifact was authentic .

·         Rule: Use "Who" when referring to the subject (the one performing the action). Use "Whom" when referring to the object (the one receiving the action). ·         Reasoning: The committee members are performing the action of agreeing. Since it is the subject of the clause, we need "who" . Even though a committee is a group, when referring to the people in it acting together, "who" is used. ·         Elimination: o   (A) Incorrect because "which" is used for non-living objects, whereas the action of agreeing refers to the human members of the committee. o   (C) Incorrect because "whom" cannot be used as a subject for "had agreed". o   (D) Incorrect because "whose agreement was that" is unnecessarily wordy and unnatural. o   (E) Incorrect because "whom" is used in place of the subject pronoun "who".