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“It is possible to use that with people, but the result is often rather clumsy. While the linguists that are working on this problem is not quite wrong, it doesn’t sound as good as the linguists who are working on this problem. Prefer who with people.”
― Mind the Gaffe: The Penguin Guide to Common Errors in English
― Mind the Gaffe: The Penguin Guide to Common Errors in English
“Note in particular that a noun denoting a group of people takes which, not who. You cannot write *the battalion who had captured the fortress because a battalion, though composed of people, is not itself a person: write the battalion which had captured the fortress.”
― Mind the Gaffe: The Penguin Guide to Common Errors in English
― Mind the Gaffe: The Penguin Guide to Common Errors in English
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