I've come across this type of sentence:
I'm asking the name of person was speaking to us.
Could I use "That/Who" here? Like:
[...] Of the person who/that was talking to us
Is it stuffy or grammatically incorrect?
Thanks in advance.
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Sign up to join this communityI've come across this type of sentence:
I'm asking the name of person was speaking to us.
Could I use "That/Who" here? Like:
[...] Of the person who/that was talking to us
Is it stuffy or grammatically incorrect?
Thanks in advance.
[...] Of the person who/that was talking to us
In this instance, use the relative pronoun that to link the essential clause.
In general, when referring to a person, use who or whom as the relative pronoun. Also use who or whom when referring to an animal if it has a name and is seen as a person. The possessive form whose can be used for persons, animals, or things. Use of that as the relative pronoun can be used for persons, animals, or things with an essential clause.