Re: You're the one that knows where to go. (?)

Alan Jones wrote:
"Mike M" <mikmooney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:068a1ad7-3875-4230-bf77-8b5bfa2839bc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 2 Apr, 10:52, datere <ee123456...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My grammar book says "You're the one *who *know where to go." is more
formal than "You're the one *that *knows where to go.", and "I am a
person *who *have no wish on earth but your happiness." is more formal
than "I am a person *that *has no wish on earth but your happiness.",
is that really true?

By the way, is there any mistake in those four sentences? Some verbs I
think don't agree to their subject. For example, in "I am a person
*who *have no wish...", I think it's strange to use "have", when the
antecedent is "a person".

You are right, it is wrong. It should be "I am a person who HAS no
wish...",

As for the "who"/"that" debate, dunno, I'll leave it to others.

"That", where "who" is possible, is thought by some to be rude, treating a person as a thing. Others, including me, prefer "that" in a defining adjective clause, as in your example. But perhaps "that" for a person is slightly academic or old-fashioned.

as in 'as we forgive them that trespass against us' which was changed to 'those who' in the 1960s Prayerbook revisions.
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