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Leigh Michaels's avatar

You're right, Peter -- people are "who," things are "that", so the better way to say it would be "He didn't like people who did that." Thanks for following up!

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Peter danakas's avatar

Great post! Have you ever thought of doing one about circumlocution? What do you think about phrases like: " He didn't like people THAT did that."? I've always thought it should be "people WHO did that..." Have I gotten that wrong all these years? Thanks again for your enjoyable posts! Have a nice week.

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