中国英语界有个流行弊病,以为the only person/man/woman/one 之后的定语从句要用 that
引导,不可以用 who/whom 引导。实际上,用 who/whom
引导不但正确,还远远比that多。
google books http://books.google.com/ 的结果:
the only person who : the only person that
12100,000 : 773,000
the only man who : the only man that
5650,000 :
741,000
英国语料库http://corpus.byu.edu/bnc/:
the only person who/that
108:19
美国当代语料库http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/:
the only person who/that
510:154
请看最权威的工具书:
柯林斯高级英语用法词典(COLLINS COBUILD DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH USAGE):
The only people who will be killed are those who have knowledge which is dangerous to our cause.
google books http://books.google.com/
the only person who : the only person that
the only man who
英国语料库http://corpus.byu.edu/bnc/:
the only person who/that
美国当代语料库http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/:
the only person who/that
请看最权威的工具书:
柯林斯高级英语用法词典(COLLINS COBUILD DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH USAGE):
The only people who will be killed are those who have knowledge which is dangerous to our cause.
