Re: Yer Ugly Mug Pre-annoucement

On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 14:31:11 +0100 Joe <joe@...> writes:
> People have both, and Nouns only have Gender(but not in English).
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You could say that nouns have gender in English, too, it's just covert
instead of overt gender.  It's encoded on the mandatory pronouns you need
to use to refer back to each noun:

"I dropped the table.  It broke."
*"I dropped the table.  He broke."

"The woman ate her own coconuts."
*"The woman ate his own coconuts."

"The boy jumped.  Then he tripped."
*"The boy jumped.  Then it tripped."


-Stephen (Steg)
 "armoo."