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You wouldn't tend to use "what" about a person, because it would be rude. It would be indicating that they were objects, rather than people. And your second on
by AndrewDucker 6y ago
You wouldn't tend to use "what" about a person, because it would be rude. It would be indicating that they were objects, rather than people.
And your second one doesn't parse to me.
Another way of phrasing the headline would be "What kind of people did the Anglo-Saxons think they were?"
- bdsa 6y agoA related thing that I hear a lot and find annoying is when people say "the person that..." rather than "the person who..."