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"those who" or "those that"?

DeneBebboDeneBebbo
edited September 2010 in - Writing Problems
I'm writing a sentence which includes this statement: "and those who do will have their work returned". Should I write "those who" or is "those that" correct instead?

Comments

  • NutmegNutmeg
    if you're talking about people then it's definitely who ...that is for objects...well that's how i know it anyway
  • JennyJenny
    To me it always sounds wrong when "that" is used for people.
  • dorothyddorothyd
    me too.
  • cekaceka
    Those WHO
    No doubt about that one in my mind
  • LolliLolli
    Absolutely. It is an Americanism to use 'those that', which is why the grammar check always puts a red squiggle under 'those who', because the grammar checker in Microsoft products is American and it differs from English grammar as much as the spelling does
  • cekaceka
    Lolli - where did that communication come from? Should it be written upside down?
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