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As an native speaker I think things that are personified have an aura of gender. Impersonal objects do not. Ships are female for instance. And you use the prope
by Gibbon1 7y ago
As an native speaker I think things that are personified have an aura of gender. Impersonal objects do not. Ships are female for instance. And you use the proper pronoun. The earth is feminine but you don't.
- cosmodisk 7y agoFully agree. On that subject: theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/26/ships-she-royal-navy-language-row-female