Question

All ______ glitters is not gold.

• A. Those
• B. These
• C. That
• D. The

Hint:

Recall the proverb: "All that glitters is not gold."

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

This sentence is a well known proverb, and it needs a relative pronoun that can refer back to "all" and introduce the clause "glitters".

• Option A, "those": "Those" is a plural demonstrative pronoun and cannot act as a relative pronoun joining a clause here, so it is wrong.
• Option B, "these": "These" is also a demonstrative pronoun, not a relative pronoun, so it cannot link "all" with "glitters".
• Option C, "that": "That" is the relative pronoun regularly used after words like "all", "same", "only", and superlatives. It fits perfectly and gives us the correct proverb, "All that glitters is not gold."
• Option D, "the": "The" is an article, not a pronoun, so it cannot stand in place of a missing subject for "glitters".

The correct choice is option C, "That".