The apprentice
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- Sep 4, 2013
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Spanish
- Home Country
- Dominican Republic
- Current Location
- Dominican Republic
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As I an English student I have learned that the pronoun IT may be used as a subject pronoun and as an object pronoun with impersonal things. Knowing full well that more than one question is not allowed by the forum rules ─ follow-up questions is the one established by the forum rules ─. I formally ask for permission to place the following three pre-questions because they're part and parcel of the final one-question regarding the same matter:
PRE-QUESTONS:
1) I would like to know if the pronoun IT other than as impersonal subject or object pronoun, may be also used in place of the subject pronoun ─ or personal pronoun ─ he or she in an unknown person's gender (sex) or person's name?
a) Who is it?
I don't know who person's gender, name or both is at the door
b) The baby is crying; please, take it.
I know the baby gender, but I don't know who the baby's name is; maybe I don't know both of them.
2) I would like to know if this happens with animals too.
c) The dog is barking outside. It must be hungry.
I think the word dog may be used as a neuter gender for referring a male (dog) or a female one (bitch), but I don't know which the dog's name is.
3) When an impersonal pronoun has a proper name, may be replaced by a personal pronoun?
d) Google translate should be sued for mistranslating the Gettysburg Address, she generates lots of money for paying a personal translator and saving the translation for a future use.
QUESTION:
May an impersonal pronoun having a proper or its own name be replaced by a personal one?
This means a very important thread to me, I ask for your kindly help and assistance in this issue.
As I an English student I have learned that the pronoun IT may be used as a subject pronoun and as an object pronoun with impersonal things. Knowing full well that more than one question is not allowed by the forum rules ─ follow-up questions is the one established by the forum rules ─. I formally ask for permission to place the following three pre-questions because they're part and parcel of the final one-question regarding the same matter:
PRE-QUESTONS:
1) I would like to know if the pronoun IT other than as impersonal subject or object pronoun, may be also used in place of the subject pronoun ─ or personal pronoun ─ he or she in an unknown person's gender (sex) or person's name?
a) Who is it?
I don't know who person's gender, name or both is at the door
b) The baby is crying; please, take it.
I know the baby gender, but I don't know who the baby's name is; maybe I don't know both of them.
2) I would like to know if this happens with animals too.
c) The dog is barking outside. It must be hungry.
I think the word dog may be used as a neuter gender for referring a male (dog) or a female one (bitch), but I don't know which the dog's name is.
3) When an impersonal pronoun has a proper name, may be replaced by a personal pronoun?
d) Google translate should be sued for mistranslating the Gettysburg Address, she generates lots of money for paying a personal translator and saving the translation for a future use.
QUESTION:
May an impersonal pronoun having a proper or its own name be replaced by a personal one?
This means a very important thread to me, I ask for your kindly help and assistance in this issue.
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