Colleen apparently would like to observe a lively debate in my comments. (Actually, so would I, but it would appear that y’all are just not comment-inclined, although my software tells me you are reading SO WHY WON’T YOU COMMENT GOOD GRIEF HELP A BLOGGER OUT WITH HER SITE STATS WOULD YOU PLEASE?)
Ahem. Sorry, Colleen, back to your pot-stirring. The question comes in relation to this Brown Paper Tickets ad:
Here is a lively debate starter… Should it be “who” or “that”? I know this issue is murky and divisive. My two cents? Who= people, that=inanimate. But then is this people as a group, thus making “that” correct?
Actually, I don’t think this is even that divisive. My ruling: WRONG. Anybody want to argue? (Please?)
It CLEARLY should be “Your message in the hands of the people what do things, go out, have fun.”
As an English teacher, I would have red penned all over this mutha! People are who… Though I like Reporter #1’s suggestion! The world could us a little more cockney!
There are many reasons to love Reporter #1, and that suggestion is clearly one of them.
Agree with R#1, but would change “what” to “wot,” as long as were going down that road 😉
Also, on reflection, the “Your message” line needs a verb to make it a sentence. Just sayin’.
I’m more concerned about those unlucky ‘g’ characters what have had their loops cruelly sawed off, the poor dears.