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Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

who/that

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00#1 is correct. Is #2 also acceptable?0230hrefhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv313.shtml
  

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00That's the guy 01i00that02i00 told me about you.02br
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00They are both ok, but I think it would be interesting to know if there is more a tendency to use one form instead of the other... Even if they are ok, I've always wonder
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01cite10Teo12cite11a15010 12a12br
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101. Who is the woman wearing dark glasses 11b11i11font10that12font12i12b10 arrived five minutes
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01cite10Pioussoul12cite11font105. Who 11del10who12del10/that has conscience will do such a thing.12font12br
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10Maybe "01b00He who02b00 has coscience will do such a thing" would work better. (not "He
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11cite20Pioussoul22cite21font205. Who 21del20who22del20/that has conscience will do such a thing.22font22br
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20Maybe "11b10He who12b
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0 01i00who that has ...02i00 is not English. (And, of course, 01i00who who has ...02i00 isn't either.)02br
00 We use 01i00he who has ...02i00 or 01i00whoever has ...02i00 instead.02br
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01cite10CalifJim12cite11i10who that has ...12i10 is not English. (And, of course, 11i10who who has ...12i10 isn't either.)12br
10We use 11i10he who has ...12i10 or 11i10whoever has ...12i10 instead.CJ12blockquote
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0 I have spoken English all my life. I have read millions of words of English in thousands of books, newspapers, and magazines. I have studied English for years, especially the grammar of English.02br
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00 When I say that a word group is not English, I mean that I have never heard that word group used that way, that I have never seen it used that way in writing, tha
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10I have spoken English all my life. I have read millions of words of English in thousands of books, newspapers, and magazines. I have studied English for years, especially the grammar of English.12br
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10When I say that a word group is not English, I mean that I have never heard that word g
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0 On: 01b00Who that has02br
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02b00OK, I've changed my mind a bit. It's rare, but exists in educated contexts. 02br
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00 Here's two English literature examples with it: 02br
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00 An Inland Voyage by Stevenson, Robert Louis - Chapter 2002br
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