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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
People who vs people that
Hello,
Which of these sentences is correct?
1. "In addition, the most important thing is choosing the people that will come."
2. "In addition, the most important thing is choosing the people who will come."
Thanks!
Which of these sentences is correct?
1. "In addition, the most important thing is choosing the people that will come."
2. "In addition, the most important thing is choosing the people who will come."
Thanks!
Top answer
Both are correct. Most careful writers choose 'who'.
- Both are correct.
- Most careful writers choose 'who'.
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In this case, both are correct, though "who" is preferred because it is always better to humanize a person or people with "who" rather than "that" when possible.
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Englishmaven"who" is preferred because it is always better to humanize a personI don't in the least pretend to know which pronoun native speakers associate with human qualities. I would just like to point out that that as a relative has been used to refer to people for more than a thousand years while who didn't acquire this role and acceptabil
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