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Zoltán Király Posted 5 years ago
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Does this text sound natural in English?
The text:
Svetlana Alexievich, the winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature, in her book "Voices from Chernobyl" interviewed several people that lived through the disaster. It's a great read and I can't recommend it highly enough.
Top answer
I would use "who" for people. It isn't wrong to use "that", but it is distracting, at least for me. You need a comma when you join independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction.
- I would use "who" for people.
- It isn't wrong to use "that", but it is distracting, at least for me.
- You need a comma when you join independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction.
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I would use "who" for people. It isn't wrong to use "that", but it is distracting, at least for me. You need a comma when you join independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction.
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