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Originally Posted by _Richard_
that's < who's
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Perhaps a little sloppy and it certainly wouldn't win me style points with an editor, but technically acceptable. In any case it's certainly not something you should be picking at given you are omitting capital letters and misusing or omitting punctuation amongst other simple errors.
Besides at the end of the day, you absolutely ARE a chump.
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Most writers use that and which as the relative pronouns for inanimate objects, and who as the relative pronoun for humans. This widespread habit has led to the mistaken belief that using that in reference to humans is an error. In fact, while most editors prefer who for people, there is no rule saying we can’t use that.
http://grammarist.com/usage/that-who/
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It is entirely acceptable to write either the man that wanted to talk to you, or the man who wanted to talk to you
The American Heritage College Dictionary. Third edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993, p. 1540.
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