Storm - Male or Female?

[prattsishunk]

Hello everyone,
here I post my another question!

Is storm a male or a female or ab object?

My statement :

He indirectly is trying to say that the biggest storm is on the / his / its / her way!




Is the above statement Grammar Free?
Is the above statement having proper punctuation marks?

 

[Barb_D]

Most nouns in English do not have gender. He is indirectly trying to say that the biggest storm [of what?] is on the way.

Note that the adverb has also shifted position to make it sound more natural.

 

[prattsishunk]

Appreciated !

 

[SoothingDave]

Nature, when personified, tended to be a "her" traditionally. Named storms, like hurricanes were always given female names. Now, they alternate boy-girl-boy-girl.

Most people would just say "it" for a storm. There's a major storm coming. They say it might bring a foot of snow.

 

[5jj]

Is the above statement Grammar Free?

I don't understand what you mean. Could you try to explain?

 

[hermeneuo.com]

There are three genders:

• masculine (pronoun: he)
• feminine (pronoun: she)
• neuter (pronoun: it)

In modern English, we use masculine gender (he) to refer to men, feminine gender (she) to refer to women, and neuter gender (it) to refer to things.

As mentioned above, for historical reasons sometimes feminine gender is used in the literary language for countries and mother nature, among other exceptions.

However, we may almost always use neuter gender (pronoun: it) for things, including the word storm.

The storm is on its way!

 

[BobK]

I wonder how the boy-girl-boy-girl rule in naming hurricanes affects informal personification. For an unnamed storm, it's quite common to say 'Here she comes; get in the shelter' or 'there's a storm coming; she should hit land early in the morning'. But would you do this for Hurricane Hugo?

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[charliedeut]

Nature, when personified, tended to be a "her" traditionally. Named storms, like hurricanes were always given female names. Now, they alternate boy-girl-boy-girl.

Hi Dave,

I believe that giving a masculine or a feminine name to a Hurricane depends whether it hits land on the Atlantic Ocean or in the Pacific.

Waiting for confirmation (and exceptions), though

Greetings,

Charliedeut

 

[Barb_D]

No, they simply alternate. There is a rotating list of hurricane names. When there is a particularly devastating storm, the name is retired and a new name starting with the same letter replaces it.

History of Naming Hurricanes

This year (and again in six years, unless one of them is retired), the names will be Arlene, Bret, Cindy, Don, Emily, Franklin, Gert, Harvey, Irene, Jose, Katia, Lee, Maria, Nate, Ophelia, Philippe, Rina, Sean, Tammy, Vince, Whitney

 

[SoothingDave]

What is the Difference Between a Hurricane and a Typhoon - Hurricane Center

Hurricanes are in the western hemisphere. Typhoons in the east. I don't know how or if they name typhoons.

 

[TheNewOne]

Does the word "death" have any gender?
There is a Coldplay album called "Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends". Does this his refer to death?

 

[BobK]

It does; but I guess it is just as often personified as feminine (especially by English speakers who know a bit of a Romance language such as French or Italian). But I think German makes it masculine, so it can go either way. In pictures, although it just appears as a skeleton, it usually seems to me like a man: Death (personification) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . Perhaps a person with medical knowledge could tell the difference:-?

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[charliedeut]

Perhaps a person with medical knowledge could tell the difference:-?

b

Let's ask Temperance Brennan :shock: (Bones)

 

[SoothingDave]

As far as I know, "death" is personified as a person who is male. With the cloak and scythe. If death comes knocking, it's a boy.

 

[TheNewOne]

Thank you for answering!
In Russian the word 'death' is a feminine noun.
Can death be just it?

 

[BobK]

:up: It commonly is (in English).

b