[T'wit]

A whole generation has abandoned "who" and "whom" and simply refer to people as "that." My guess is they went through public schools, taught by semi-literate teachers who, er, that, er, whom, er, which did not have a clue about it him- or herselves.

I don't suppose there's much to be done about it except use words correctly ourselves.

[Senator Pardek]

Uselves, T'wit - uselves.

[gaspar]

A generation has forgotten the difference between the singular and plural. For example, how many times have you heard: "There's a lot of people...." People is, of course, plural. So it should be: There are people. The interjection of a prepositional phrase doesn't change that. There are [a lot of] people.

[bannie]

My guess is they went through public schools, taught by semi-literate teachers who, er, that, er, whom, er, which did not have a clue about it him- or herselves.

Um...well, not all public school teachers are merely "semi's." It's our job to encourage wise young people to BECOME teachers.

;-)