This one is fairly annoying, but since you people are so smart, you'll stop your incorrect usage. Actually, "who" is the one you're frequently messing up.
Let's take this sentence: "He is the one that gave me money yesterday." What's wrong with this? Nothing you say? You couldn't be more incorrect.
We have to assume if you're receiving money from him, then "he" must be human, correct? Unless you know a rich chicken, squirrel, or water buffalo that readily donates money, you received it from a person.
Therefore, we always refer to humans as "who." He is the one "who" gave me money yesterday. So can we stop referring to people as "that" now? Thank you.
Class dismissed for today.
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- Obviously, the picture is not of me. It's our pride and joy, Daisy. She's a lot better looking than I am, so I figured you'd want to look at her instead. I'll write the posts, however. She can't. She doesn't have opposable thumbs. Currently, I teach high school English, and, since I'm trying to improve the use of language in 16-year-olds, I thought I'd branch out and give some pointers to adults, too. Hope you're not offended. It's just my way of improving the world -- one day at a time. Oh, by the way, I'm always available for freelance writing/editing jobs -- and I'm pretty inexpensive, so. . .
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