Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
______ do you write to about the job?
a) What
b) Why
c) Whom
 d) When

Answer 1

Hint:The sentence suggests that the person writing is writing to someone. When writing to a person, a specific ‘wh-’ word is to be used.

Complete answer:
The sentence is structured in such a way that the meaning inferred becomes that the person being asked the question writes about the job to ‘someone’. Let’s look at our options one by one:

what - If this was the answer, there would not be an extra ‘to’ in the sentence. The verb is followed by the preposition ‘to’ which would not be present if ‘what’ was the answer, because ‘what to’ is not a grammatically correct phrase. The word ‘what’ is used to ask for some information. So, this is an incorrect option.
why - If this was the answer, again, there would be no ‘to’ in the sentence. The verb in the sentence is followed by ‘to’, which would not be there if the answer was ‘why’, because ‘why to’ is not a grammatically correct sentence. The word ‘why’ is used to ask for a reason. So, this is an incorrect option.
whom - This answer fits into the sentence perfectly, because the sentence would be incomplete without the preposition ‘to’. It signifies that there is a person being written to in this case. The word ‘whom’ is used to ask a question related to a person. So, this is the correct option.
when - If this was the answer, there would not be an extra ‘to’ in the sentence. The verb in the given sentence is followed by ‘to’, which would not be present if ‘when’ was the answer, as ‘when to’ is not a correct phrase. The word ‘when’ is used to ask a time-related question. So, it is an incorrect option.

Note:
Identify the structure of the sentence, and the parts of speech used. They are in a particular order. Now, use the trial and error method and see which option best fits into the sentence.