atw: 'that' vs 'who'

  • From: "Kathy Bowman" <Kathy.Bowman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:10:20 +1030

I think the upholders of the "use 'who' when referring to people"
convention are losing the battle. Have you noticed that in speech and
print, 'that' seems to be winning, as in "the man that..." and "the
person that...".
Is it a generation thing?
 
cheers
Kath
 

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