[Grammar] There are people we meet in life that makes everything seem magical.

[kite]

Hi teachers,

I saw a sentence in an image on facebook; There are people we meet in life that makes everything seem magical.
In the sentence, I think the word "makes" should be "make" because it modifies "(that)people" and "with" should be added after "meet" or "life".

What is your opinion?


Thanks.

 

[emsr2d2]

Hi teachers,

I saw a sentence in an image on facebook; There are people we meet in life that makes everything seem magical.View attachment 1676
In the sentence, I think the word "makes" should be "make" because it modifies "(that)people" and "with" should be added after "meet" or "life".

What is your opinion?


Thanks.

There are three problems with that sentence:

1) It should be "who" not "that" (because it refers to people).
2) It should be "make" not "makes" (to agree with "people").
3) There is no need for "magical" to be capitalised.

There are people we meet in life who make everything seem magical.

 

[5jj]

1) It should be "who" not "that" (because it refers to people).

I don't think that 'that' is wrong.

 

[kite]

So "that" is used only for things and animals? I am pretty confused about that.

 

[emsr2d2]

I won't go as far as to say that we don't use "that" for people but in the sentence you posted, I would use "who".

 

[riquecohen]

I don't think that 'that' is wrong.

I also feel that "that" isn't wrong, but I find ''who" more elegant.

 

[MikeNewYork]

So "that" is used only for things and animals? I am pretty confused about that.

This is mostly about personal preference. "That" can be used for people, but "who" is more common. Many people, including me, often use "who" for animals.

 

[kite]

This is mostly about personal preference. "That" can be used for people, but "who" is more common. Many people, including me, often use "who" for animals.

Till now I knew that only "which" (also "that") is used only for animals and things and "who"(also "that" sometimes) is used for people. But right now I knew that "who" is also used for animal.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Till now I knew that only "which" (also "that") is used only for animals and things and "who"(also "that" sometimes) is used for people. But right now I knew that "who" is also used for animal.

Progress. :-D

 

[Tdol]

Till now I knew that only "which" (also "that") is used only for animals and things and "who"(also "that" sometimes) is used for people. But right now I knew that "who" is also used for animal.

It depends on the animal- a pet is very different from a cockroach. I could use who for a pet.

 

[MikeNewYork]

It depends on the animal- a pet is very different from a cockroach. I could use who for a pet.

Good point.

 

[Tdol]

I'll leave pet cockroaches for another day. ;-)

 

[kite]

Considering the points of Mike and Tdol, do you mean "who" is used for animals but not for all kinds of animals? don't you?

 

[5jj]

Considering the points of Mike and Tdol, do you mean "who" is used for animals but not for all kinds of animals? don't you?

Some people use 'he', 'she' and 'who' of their pet animals.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Considering the points of Mike and Tdol, do you mean "who" is used for animals but not for all kinds of animals? don't you?

I don't think most people would use "who" with reference to an insect. With other animals, the choice between "who" and "that" is completely up to the user.

 

[kite]

No one talked about my other point, i.e putting "with" after the word "meet" or "life"; like this "There are people we meet with in life who can make everything seem magical." or "There are people we meet in life with who make everything seem magical." I raised this point because the proposition sometimes comes after "meet".

 

[MikeNewYork]

No one talked about my other point, i.e putting "with" after the word "meet" or "life"; like this "There are people we meet with in life who can make everything seem magical." or "There are people we meet in life with who make everything seem magical." I raised this point because the proposition sometimes comes after "meet".

In that context, I would use "meet". "Meet with" is not incorrect, but we "meet" more people than we "meet with".

 

[emsr2d2]

In BrE, we very rarely use "meet with".

I had a meeting with my boss yesterday.
I met my mum in town on Tuesday.
I'm meeting up with my friends on Saturday evening.

 

[JMurray]

not a teacher

"meet with"
I occasionally hear it in my region, this would be a typical context.
"The teacher is having some problems with Johnny and she wants to meet with the parents to talk about it".