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English only has sex, not gender. He, She, It. The commonly cited example of referring to ships as 'she' is simply an affectation, grammatically a ship is an
by dfawcus 11mo ago
English only has sex, not gender. He, She, It.
The commonly cited example of referring to ships as 'she' is simply an affectation, grammatically a ship is an it.
Or can you provide another example I may have overlooked?
- jmclnx 11mo agoI was thinking of ship, I am far from a language scholar.