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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Who or that
when is it appropriate to use who and when is it appropriate to use that?
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Hi, If used as relative pronoun: That = to refer to both things and people. g. This is the path that I used to walk.
- Hi, If used as relative pronoun: That = to refer to both things and people.
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- This is the path that I used to walk.
- (a path = a thing) He's the guy that robbed me.
- (the guy = a person) Who = only to refer back to people.
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Hi,
If used as relative pronoun:
That = to refer to both things and people.
e.g.
e.g.
If used as relative pronoun:
That = to refer to both things and people.
e.g.
- This is the path that I used to walk. (a path = a thing)
- He's the guy that robbed me. (the guy = a person)
e.g.
- That's the guy who robbed me. (that = also
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Grammarians, teachers and the like generally agree that who should always refer to a person, and never that, though conventional usage often ignores this.
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