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Yellowstarstruck Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Grammar check Relative pronoun
1. Greg is a man who likes basketball.
2. Greg is a man that likes basketball.
I know 1 is correct. Is 2 still acceptable? Thanks Fulvio
2. Greg is a man that likes basketball.
I know 1 is correct. Is 2 still acceptable? Thanks Fulvio
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Hello Fulvio. Some grammarians dislike #2 and vociferate against it, but 'that' as a personal relative pronoun is extremely common.
- Hello Fulvio.
- Some grammarians dislike #2 and vociferate against it, but 'that' as a personal relative pronoun is extremely common.
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Hello Fulvio.
Some grammarians dislike #2 and vociferate against it, but 'that' as a personal relative pronoun is extremely common.
Some grammarians dislike #2 and vociferate against it, but 'that' as a personal relative pronoun is extremely common.
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Would those grammarians dislike this kind of sentence?
1. The man that you met at the bus stop was my brother.
1. The man that you met at the bus stop was my brother.
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