complete the statement from the options lettered A-D The meeting was organised at _______ instance ?

Analyze the question The sentence is "The meeting was organised at ___ instance." The blank sits before the noun "instance," so we need a word that shows possession or ownership. The phrase "at someone's instance" means "at someone's request or suggestion."

Explain the concept

• Whose is the possessive form of who. It shows ownership or belonging, as in "the boy whose book was lost."
• Whom is the object form of who. It is used after verbs or prepositions, as in "the man to whom I spoke."
• Whose's and whom's are not correct English forms. Whose is already possessive, so you cannot add another 's.

Step-by-step solution

1. The blank comes directly before the noun "instance," so it needs a possessive word (a determiner).
2. Option A, "whom," is an object pronoun and cannot modify a noun. ❌
3. Option B, "whose's," is a double possessive and doesn't exist. ❌
4. Option D, "whom's," is not a valid word. ❌
5. Option C, "whose," is the possessive form and fits correctly. ✅

The complete sentence reads: "The meeting was organised at whose instance?" This works as a question asking who requested the meeting. The same structure appears in "The meeting was organised at the chairman's instance."

Answer: C. whose

Exam tip If a blank comes right before a noun and you need to show ownership, think whose. Remember that whose never takes an apostrophe. Words like whose, his, hers, its, ours are already possessive. Only who's (with an apostrophe) means "who is" or "who has."