Timeline for Can 'it' be used to refer to a person?
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Oct 10, 2016 at 21:46 | history | edited | jpaugh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Strike out part which is valid in British English (cf comments)
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Oct 9, 2016 at 6:33 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | Well apart from "they" which would be British English, as in: They are my family, what other pronoun would you use for the singular noun "family"? The question is centered on an individual who is female. Substituting the noun family with the pronoun "it" creates no difficulty or ambiguity whatsoever. | |
Oct 9, 2016 at 3:15 | history | edited | jpaugh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Streamline the intro
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Oct 9, 2016 at 3:04 | history | edited | jpaugh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
More detail
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Oct 9, 2016 at 2:54 | review | First posts | |||
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Oct 9, 2016 at 2:52 | history | answered | jpaugh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |