wotcha
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1) She is the only girl that won first prize.
2) She is the only girl who won first prize.
I've learned (and taught) that only the 1) sentence is correct because
the antecedent has a modifier - the only.
But I've just read a post about this rule on the web and it said
sentence 2) is acceptable and grammatically correct in American English.
Is it true?
If it is
Can 'Anyone who comes first shall be given the ticket' and
'Anyone that comes first shall be given the ticket' be used interchangeably?
Thx. ㅠ.ㅠ
P.S. Then... how about in British English? Do you say 'He is the only girl that won first prize' in England?
2) She is the only girl who won first prize.
I've learned (and taught) that only the 1) sentence is correct because
the antecedent has a modifier - the only.
But I've just read a post about this rule on the web and it said
sentence 2) is acceptable and grammatically correct in American English.
Is it true?
If it is
Can 'Anyone who comes first shall be given the ticket' and
'Anyone that comes first shall be given the ticket' be used interchangeably?
Thx. ㅠ.ㅠ
P.S. Then... how about in British English? Do you say 'He is the only girl that won first prize' in England?
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