• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    19 hours ago

    need a “that” after “Senator”.

    You mean ‘who’, right? Senators are (usually bad) people so let’s not treat them like objects.

    • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
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      19 hours ago

      “That” or “who” are both commonly used for animate arguments. And given it is an object here, “whom” would be the most pretentious option.