who -> that [Was: Seeking a Polish female that ...]

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/7/2007 02:44 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>It seems as though someone in the '80's or whenever, with nothing
>better to do, suddenly decided, out of the clear, blue sky, that he
>didn't like this use of "that" with living beings and decided to make
>up a rule saying that and to start teaching it.

I was taught in the 50's to use "who" with persons -- and I went to a
good high school and my mother was a high-school English
teacher.  Apparently I was taught wrong.

Joel

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