Descriptivism would say it’s real, but not grammatically correct. It’s a replacement for “that” more than “who.” The phrasing would always be understood and it has many published examples. (Off the top of my head, Jhonen Vasquez’s “I Feel Sick.”) It’s highly informal.
… in America, anyway. It might be commonplace enough to consider normal, in certain British dialects.
Descriptivism would say it’s real, but not grammatically correct. It’s a replacement for “that” more than “who.” The phrasing would always be understood and it has many published examples. (Off the top of my head, Jhonen Vasquez’s “I Feel Sick.”) It’s highly informal.
… in America, anyway. It might be commonplace enough to consider normal, in certain British dialects.
Thnx for elaborating!