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minus-squareFemsoup [She/Her]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoEnglish is my second language but I learned that “it” was the pronoun used for inanimate objects and animals whose name/sex you don’t know yet.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoHaving a different pronoun for non-human animals reinforces the belief that we’re separate from other animals.
minus-squaremokosai@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoWhich we are, so that’s fine. It’s fine to have your opinion, but to assume it is so universal as to be part of the rules of grammar is a bridge too far.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI’m not taking about the rules of grammar.
minus-squareSkippingRelax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoActually you were, and everyone replied accordingly. You seem confused
English is my second language but I learned that “it” was the pronoun used for inanimate objects and animals whose name/sex you don’t know yet.
Having a different pronoun for non-human animals reinforces the belief that we’re separate from other animals.
Which we are, so that’s fine. It’s fine to have your opinion, but to assume it is so universal as to be part of the rules of grammar is a bridge too far.
I’m not taking about the rules of grammar.
Actually you were, and everyone replied accordingly.
You seem confused