Day 121: Use who for people, that for things.
This tip describes a fairly common problem with writing mechanics: Who vs. That.
Consider these two sentences.
“He is the man who/that followed me home.”
“This is the apple who/that I’m saving for breakfast.”
Most people will correctly use that for sentence two. However, the use of that is so common that many people will incorrectly use that for sentence one as well. Sentence one is referring to a person, so we use who. This gives us
“He is the man who followed me home.”
