What is the rule? I don't think there is a rule. You just have to memorize the few nouns in English that are customarily given a gender. Note that you won't be considered wrong if you use "it" to reference such a noun. For

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1194238/#comment Here's a good summary from an IMDB contributor: On December 6, 1989, Marc Lepine wrapped his Ruger Mini-14 semi automatic rifle in a plastic garbage bag, filled the pockets of his coat with

Hello, I'm writing an essay about male and female language and since I don't have any native speakers of English in my surroundings, I hope you could help me. If you could answer these questions for me I would be very happy. (Note: I only

Language learning Languages sometimes feature to be difficult. What does this mean? here, I meant that difficulty is one characteristic of language. Any language has its own sophisticated rules and principles , yes you're right. no

Language learning Languages sometimes feature to be difficult. What does this mean? Any language has its own sophisticated rules and principles , including gestures, signals and facial expressions, which constitute the full of language.

I have always known that after an indefinite pronoun, namely "everyone," "somebody" etc, the correct possessive pronoun to be used is "their." E.g.: Everyone should always do their best. However, the "Canadian

If you know their first name, you can probably Google to find out what gender they are. I agree. That's the best thing to do, although it may leave some room for misunderstanding. For instance, Andrea is a name for boys in Italy, and for

In English the number of a noun is either singular (a boy) or plural (boys). In some other languages dual exists to denote two of something. English nouns no longer have gender but for example German and Latin nouns are either masculine, feminine

If the subject is "Everyone", and you are talking about several people, would you use "they" or "his/her" later in the sentence? Because of the very nature of our language, A 's answer may seem a bit

Hi, Thanks. The actual sentence is: Since searching is done semantically, it is possible to recognize the similar resources to what the learner needs, and announce it to him." Would you mind helping me to change it? So I