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book The History of English: An Introduction 2nd Edition by Stephan Gramley cover

The History of English: An Introduction 2nd Edition by Stephan Gramley

Edition 2ISBN: 978-1138501096
book The History of English: An Introduction 2nd Edition by Stephan Gramley cover

The History of English: An Introduction 2nd Edition by Stephan Gramley

Edition 2ISBN: 978-1138501096
Exercise 9
Both OE and ModE have the category of gender in their grammars. In ModE gender is based largely on "natural gender," by which people mean the biological sex of what is referred to. For reference to a man
we use he; for a woman, she; and for a house, it. Explain how this differs in OE and give examples.
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