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Reikha Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Gender differences in english

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00Im writing a piece of paper on English and Polish ggender systems at the moment, its my first serious work, so im quite confused howto do it, thats why i have some questions. 02br
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00I searched the forums, and found many topics on gender, and some aspects, but i`m actually looking for a description of the english gender system (m/f/neuter) and its specifications. As for google and wiki dont give much (and i have limited net =,=) i`ve decided to post here, if you know some links to such content please post them here.02br
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00Im especially interested in 00animate versus inanimate gender, as i heard that there are exceptions in english that use the animate/inanimate system.02br
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0There is virtually no gender system in English, Reikha. There are the distinguishing singular personal pronouns (01i 00he, she, it02i 00) and ships are (or were) often referred to as '01i 00she02i 00'-- and I think that is about all of our 'system'. 0-

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0There is virtually no gender system in English, Reikha. There are the distinguishing singular personal pronouns (01i00he, she, it02i00) and ships are (or were) often referred to as '01i00she02i00'-- and I think that is about all of our 'system'. Oh yes, some nouns still reflect *** in their suffixes: 01i00aviatrix, waitress, blonde02
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