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#26 2008-09-08 18:07:56
- richvh
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Re: English as she is abused.
That's prescriptivist rather than descriptivist. In actual fact, native speakers use "that" to refer to people.
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#27 2008-09-08 21:37:06
- Setris
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Re: English as she is abused.
Interesting article on the subject: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carol-mar … 00292.html
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#28 2008-09-09 07:43:39
- 運転者
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Re: English as she is abused.
Setris: An interesting rant that you found there: While I rather sympathise with the writer's comments, the "that/who" choice is largely one of dialect, I'm thinking.
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