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edited Sep 28, 2010 at 9:55

Referring to some attribute possed byof an inanimate object;object — use "who's"?

This came up in describing an input to a function:

A handle to the daemon who's name is desired.

A handle to the daemon who's name is desired.

(Daemon is a type of process on a system.)

Somehow, "who's" just doesn't seem right because it's not a who, but a what. Could one say "... the daemon what's name is desired."desired"?

This came up in describing an input to a function:

A handle to the daemon who's name is desired.

(Daemon is a type of process on a system)

Somehow, "who's" just doesn't seem right because it's not a who, but a what. Could one say "... the daemon what's name is desired."?

This came up in describing an input to a function:

A handle to the daemon who's name is desired.

(Daemon is a type of process on a system.)

Somehow, "who's" just doesn't seem right because it's not a who, but a what. Could one say "... the daemon what's name is desired"?

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asked Sep 27, 2010 at 18:04

This came up in describing an input to a function:

A handle to the daemon who's name is desired.

(Daemon is a type of process on a system)

Somehow, "who's" just doesn't seem right because it's not a who, but a what. Could one say "... the daemon what's name is desired."?

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