Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
The clerk is speaking to the women. He is talking to _______.

• A. them
• B. they
• C. him
• D. he

Answer 1

The correct option is A them

A word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse is a pronoun.

Them can be used as an indirect object pronoun. An indirect object refers to a third participant in the action described by the verb, often someone who receives something as a result of it. In the second sentence above, them is the indirect object and presents is the direct object. Thus Option A is correct.

"Him" and "He" are the wrong options as they can only be used for male genders and when present singly and not in group which is not the case in here.

They is used to refer to the subject of a clause. In other words, it usually represents the ‘doers’ of the action described by the verb, and usually refers back to two or more people or things that were mentioned earlier. This is not the case in the given sentence. It is the wrong option

Option A is correct.