Pedants United: `that' and `who'

`that' and `who'

Fowler advises in his first edition the use of:

`that' for all defining clauses whether qualifying persons or things, & `who' for persons but `which' for things in all non-defining.

I try to follow this advice, but I haven't found anyone else other than Fowler that [sic] does.

# posted by Daniel Hill @ 1:01 pm

Comments:

I think this is common American practice - and a useful distinction.

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twr57 : 8:34 am