Timeline for Which one is correct here- attacks or attackers?
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| Mar 18, 2016 at 6:41 | comment | added | Maulik V | In my native/national language, all inanimate/animate nouns have gender... so there's no problem for that. @FumbleFingers | |
| Mar 17, 2016 at 14:48 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | OP doesn't explicitly say so, but I guess you're right that his misgivings arise from the mistaken assumption that only sentient entities with goals can mount an attack. Given which, you may be better placed than most native speakers to recognize this and answer appropriately. Is there any tendency in your own native language to avoid using "purposeful" verbs with inanimate subjects? What about "feeling-based" verbs, as in The earth suffered perpetual drought ??? | |
| Mar 17, 2016 at 12:12 | history | answered | Maulik V | CC BY-SA 3.0 |