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Only the first one is a pronoun, and it's one generally reserved for nonhumans. I'm sure there are people out there happy to be called 'it' (or even prefer 'it
by roywiggins 10y ago
Only the first one is a pronoun, and it's one generally reserved for nonhumans.
I'm sure there are people out there happy to be called 'it' (or even prefer 'it' over other pronouns) but not very many. 'They' seems much more neutral to me.