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Grammers help?
Which of these sentence s(if any) are grammatically correct?
"I like people who buy me things"
"I like people that buy me things"
I have issues when it comes to "who" / "that" in a sentence. I really don't know when you use which. :\
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Both sentences are correct in standard English, though in this case, "who" would be better.
Well, some people would argue that we use "who" when we are talking about people,
and we use "that" when we are talking about groups, objects, or things.
For examples:
1. I like the girl who helped me.
2. I like the team that won last night.
But there isn't really a definite rule to this. You will just have to go with whichever fit your sentence the best.
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The first one, people are "who".
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