Ducklet Cat
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- Dec 27, 2005
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- Native Language
- Arabic
- Home Country
- Kuwait
- Current Location
- Kuwait
And one day we will look back with pride and faith at the journey we have taken
pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks, perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she wont suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. but when that person looks back - and some point everybody looks back - she will hear heart saying , " what have you done with the miracles that God planted in your days? what have you done with the talents that God bestowed on you? you have buried yourself in a cave because you were fearful of...
This is a text by Paulo Coelho (translated in to English).
Why did the translator kept saying "she" when he refers to an undefinable person?
I noticed that too in an article about teaching swimming to children, the writer kept referring to the child as "she" although the article was general.
Is that a trend in English? Feminine pronoun is used to refer to an unknown person?
Thanks.