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Reply Sat 22 Jul, 2017 10:29 am
can "that" refer the antecedent,which is a part of prepositional phrase?

he is one of the students that is participating

so that is refering to "students" but for people we use "who"
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Reply Sat 22 Jul, 2017 11:32 am
You can use 'who' or 'that' for people, but only 'that' or 'which' for things. In US English, you are supposed to use 'that' to introduce a restrictive relative clause.
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