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Help the starship captain issue her dramatic final orders before jumping to hyperspace by selecting the correct option for each blank.
"We must be prepared for _________________________ awaits us on the alien planet, and you are to give the experimental antidote to _________________________ shows the first signs of mutation. You must accomplish this _________________________ you can, even if it means breaking protocol!"
The correct answers are what, whoever, and however.
what: This nominal relative pronoun means "that which" or "the thing that." It functions perfectly as the object of the preposition "for." "Which" and "that" cannot stand alone here without a noun before them.
whoever: This is a classic C2-level trap! Although it comes immediately after the preposition "to," the object of the preposition is the entire clause. Inside that clause, the pronoun is the subject of the verb "shows," so it must be in the subjective case ("whoever," not "whomever").
however: Here, "however" functions as a nominal relative adverb meaning "in whatever way" or "by whatever means."