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Subject:the who, the that, the forest, the trees From:"USA::SOM24502" <SOM24502%USA -dot- decnet -at- USAV01 -dot- GLAXO -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 11 Nov 1994 10:17:00 EST
Hey, Y'all,
I laughed when Ronald L. Stone, graduate student
in the Department of Rhetoric at Univ. of Minn.,
wrote:
<For example, I will change
< The student _that_ writes the best essay gets
< published in the anthology.
<to
< The student _who_ writes the best essay gets
< published in the anthology.
It's the essay that gets published, not the
student! The "who" versus "that" controversy
is insignificant compared to this lapse in
logic. Think first, proofread second.
Sue McCullough
Sr Tech Writer
Glaxo Inc. RTP, NC
som24502 -at- Glaxo -dot- com
