Question

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miawario has written this report for her biology class. she has asked you to read her report and offer suggestions for improvement.
(1) the largest and most mysterious flower in the world, contrary to what one might expect, does not have exquisitely beautiful petals and emit an intoxicating fragrance. (2) instead, it looks like a monster and produces a smell that makes most people blanch.
(3) the titan arum, which grows only in the rain forest of central sumatra, indonesia, has a single, green, trumpet - shaped petal that is three feet wide. (4) this huge petal, or spathe, has a tip that is four feet off the forest floor. (5) the spathe encloses a nine - foot gray spike, or spadix. (6) the flower grows after the huge plant has sprouted and died several times. (7) the plant has one leaf that is as much as twenty feet high and fifteen feet across.
(8) because of the titan arum’s size, botanists have had scarcely no success removing the plant from the rain forest. (9) in 1878, odoardo beccari, the first botanist who seen a titan arum, dug one up. (10) he discovered that the enormous flower grows from a corm — a huge, swollen underground stem that stores the blossom’s food. (11) the flower was almost five feet wide and so heavy that the two men whom tried could hardly lift it. (12) indeed, one of them dropped the corm and broke its fragile skin.
(13) botanists also have trouble finding the elusive titan arum in its native habitat. (14) the giant leaf grows and dies every year. (15) after several years, the leaf withers one last time, and the plant rests for about six months. (16) then, during no predictable season and for no known reason, the enormous flower bud rises from the ground. (17) the spadix grows several inches a day. (18) two days after the spathe unfurls, the blossom collapses.
(19) the titan arum’s odor, which is reminiscent of rotten meat, is as unusual as its appearance and life cycle. (20) some scientists believe the stench attracts carrion beetles that might pollinate the flower. (21) but this idea, like most theories about the plant, has never been proven. (22) despite botanists’ best efforts, the enigmatic and extraordinary titan arum may hold its secrets forever.
what change, if any, should be made to sentence 11?

• change tried to try.
• change was to were.
• change whom to who.
• make no change.

Explanation:

Sentence [11] ("The flower was almost five feet wide and so heavy that the two men whom tried could hardly lift it") uses "whom" correctly as the object of the verb "tried" in the relative clause. No grammatical errors are present, so no change is needed.

Answer:

Make no change