# I'm sorry

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 17, 2011, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678 "2011-02-17T06:24:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/21 "2011-02-17T15:21:24Z")

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> [@Giles](#):
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> Both “that” and “who” are equally grammatical. Some people don’t like using “that” to refer to people, but I’m one of those that don’t mind.

one of those _who_ don’t mind.

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/22 "2011-02-17T15:27:48Z")

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> [@BMalion](#):
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> one of those _who_ don’t mind.

One of them what ain’t mind.

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**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/23 "2011-02-17T15:43:53Z")

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> [@Inner\_Stickler](#):
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> Copyeditor’s Code of Honor?
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> PS, no one has corrected her grammar. Merely mocked it.

Concur. If you want me to actually correct your grammar, you’ll have to pay my fee.

Mocking, however, is always free of charge.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/24 "2011-02-17T15:50:24Z")

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The OP appears to be a grammar anarchist.

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**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/25 "2011-02-17T16:26:49Z")

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I’m not a grammar. Our kids are only 12 and 11.

(duck!) 😃

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/26 "2011-02-17T16:29:30Z")

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Grammar? I hardly know 'er!

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**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/27 "2011-02-17T16:43:10Z")

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> [@Giles](#):
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> Both “that” and “who” are equally grammatical.

The owl says “that”

A child with a lisp who on the floor.

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**Author:** ![limegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@limegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/limegreen)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/28 "2011-02-17T19:40:14Z")

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But…I like being a grammar nazi. I have a degree in English and everything.

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**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/29 "2011-02-17T23:13:40Z")

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> [@limegreen](#):
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> But…I like being a grammar nazi. I have a degree in English and everything.

Me too. But then I realized how little grammar I actually knew when I took linguistics classes.

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