A sentence is a group of words that convey meaning. It is composed of clauses with a subject and a predicate. The subject can either be a noun or a pronoun.
A pronoun is a word or group of words that are used instead of a noun. There are many types of pronouns, namely:. Personal pronouns which are used as a substitute for the names of persons or things. They can be subjective, objective, prepositional, disjunctive, dummy, or weak.
Possessive pronouns which are used to specify ownership or possession and can also act as nouns, possessive adjectives, or determiners. Demonstrative pronouns which indicate the person or thing that is referred to. Indefinite pronouns which refer to a general type of persons or things and which can be distributive or negative.
Interrogative pronouns which asks what is referred to. Relative pronouns which refer to persons or things that have already been mentioned. Ask Question. Asked 11 years, 3 months ago. Active 7 years, 8 months ago. Viewed k times. Which of the following is correct? There were 10 people that went to the store. There were 10 people who went to the store. Edit: Which of the following is correct? There were 10 people that had brown hair.
There were 10 people who had brown hair. Improve this question. Bryan Downing Bryan Downing 1, 6 6 gold badges 16 16 silver badges 20 20 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. VonC VonC Of course, that is not entirely true. There are cases, like this: "That person is nice". You could never say "Who person is nice". So "that" does indeed also refer to people. I voted you up, because I agreed with what you wrote.
I also agree with what I wrote. I'm just skeptical that "that" should never be used in that context. For instance, Googling "people that went" returns 5 million results. So while "who" used as an adjective clause is much more common, "that" is also very common. Wish you were not so categorical, because there are many kinds of exceptions. This is not entirely so.
Who only refers to people, but that refers to both people and objects. The relative pronoun who may cause confusion because it has both a subject form who and an object form whom. The key to choosing between these forms is to see what the pronoun is doing in its own clause. Use who if the pronoun is the subject of the verb in the dependent clause. Use whom if the pronoun is the object of the verb in the dependent clause.
Use whom if the pronoun is the object of a preposition in the dependent clause. Then replace that pronoun with who or whom , using the following rule:. Skip to content Skip to institutional links. Contact Us. Search Canada. Important notice Good news! Search and Functionalities Area Search Canada. Who and whom are used mainly for people. However, these pronouns can also be used to refer to animals that are mentioned by name and seen as persons.
The musician who wrote this song is Canadian. The witnesses whom I interviewed gave conflicting evidence. The vacuum scared our cat Scooter, who was sleeping on the rug. Whose can be used for people, animals or things: The man whose daughter won the tournament is a tennis coach. A dog whose owner lets it run loose may cause an accident. The tree whose branches shade my kitchen window is an oak. Which is used for animals in general or things. Bridget visited the park with her dog, which likes to chase squirrels.
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