At 05:05 -0700 19/3/07, Whites wrote:

>Back in the old days we were taught to use different relative pronouns for 
>persons and things.  To my ancient ears "writers that use Wikis" is just 
>slovenly English.  Still, it's better than "writers what use Wikis", but I 
>would expect "writers who use Wikis" from an aspiring writer.

My apologies: I was looking at your quote assuming that it was a quote of the 
original, and I didn't look at the original. Yes, completely agree with you. I 
had anticipated a difference between US and UK usage, and as I have to use 
both, I'm always interesting in learning.

-- 
Steve

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