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 Re: Dummy Pronouns (derogatory?)
I second what the other posters have said. There is nothing wrong with using "that" to refer to a person. It's not derogatory, and it's not impolite. I'll let Google help me find a few uses of it. Results 1 - 10 of about 237,000,000 for the man that.
the man that - Google Search
Results 1 - 10 of about 396,000 for "the man that".
"the man that" - Google Search
It's been used that way for a while. See: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3251
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The Man That Was Used Up - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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