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when marlin discovered whom had stolen the classroom pet, he gasped in surprise.
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The word "whom" is incorrect here. In this context, we need a subject pronoun because it's the subject of the verb "had stolen". The correct pronoun should be "who" since "who" is used as a subject, while "whom" is used as an object. So we should replace "whom" with "who".
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Replace "whom" with "who" in the sentence "When Marlin discovered whom had stolen the classroom pet, he gasped in surprise." to get "When Marlin discovered who had stolen the classroom pet, he gasped in surprise."