Timeline for "Who" as applied to non-human animals [duplicate]
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| Aug 29, 2020 at 18:31 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @user21497 If you want to get historical, not technical. | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:38 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jan 3, 2013 at 9:25 | comment | added | J.R. | @Anderson: there are two questions listed as possible duplicates. The language in the box below is "canned," it will read "exact duplicate" even if every voter thought "pretty much the same" would be more accurate. Moreover, it's worth noting that some will vote to close as a duplicate when an answer to a previous question will answer the duplicate question; this is not necessarily restricted to the case where the question is essentially the same. In this case, I think the answers by Tragicomic, JLG, and chaos answer this; if others think there's more to say, they can add something there. | |
| Jan 3, 2013 at 8:14 | comment | added | Anderson Green | @MετάEd Two questions are listed as exact duplicates. Which one is the duplicate? | |
| S Jan 3, 2013 at 7:32 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| S Jan 3, 2013 at 7:32 | history | closed |
MetaEd James Waldby - jwpat7 user21497 waiwai933 |
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| Jan 3, 2013 at 6:47 | comment | added | user21497 | If you want to get technical about it, it should be "the person whom I saw yesterday". But the language doesn't support that anymore. Using "that" instead of "who" is an ancient tradition, and as much as I dislike it, there's nothing that can be done about it. Suck it up and don't use it if you don't like it, but rest assured that others will. | |
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| Jan 3, 2013 at 6:34 | comment | added | MetaEd | The answer to the broader question answers your question also. In my view that makes your question useful primarily as a duplicate question (a pointer to the broader question). | |
| Jan 3, 2013 at 6:32 | comment | added | Anderson Green | @MετάEd This question addresses one specific case of that question, which addresses a much broader issue. Is it still considered a duplicate? | |
| Jan 3, 2013 at 6:27 | comment | added | Anderson Green | I have also seen phrases like "the person that I saw yesterday" being used in colloquial and informal English, instead of "the person who I saw yesterday". | |
| Jan 3, 2013 at 6:25 | comment | added | Anderson Green | As a side-note, I think this grammatical issue might be contentious among some animal rights advocates. :) | |
| Jan 3, 2013 at 6:24 | history | asked | Anderson Green | CC BY-SA 3.0 |