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For questions about using gendered words or phrases in English.
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Can 'what' designate a person?
What looked like the oldest boy marched toward platforms nine and ten. (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)
In this case, ‘what’ seems to be the subject, and no doubt a person. So I’m wonderin …
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What does this "their" mean?
"But who'd be that desperate?" he wondered aloud. "If you're going to
be cursed forever, death's better, isn't it?"
"It is," Firenze agreed, "unless all you need is to stay alive long enou …
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