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Question to all Americans: why do you refer to vehicles and ships as "she"?
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RE: Question to all Americans: why do you refer to vehicles and ships as "she"?
(July 13, 2015 at 1:34 pm)Atheist_BG Wrote:
(July 13, 2015 at 3:23 am)excitedpenguin Wrote: You sound boring!
Grammar is there for us, not the other way around. You can overstep it if you like.

It's not about fashion but about education. Using the wrong grammatical forms only tells other people you're not well enough educated. Just like many people (mostly Americans) don't know the difference between the conditional moods "was" and "were". While many people say "if god was real" the correct form is "if god were real". I don't know about you but I don't like people thinking about me I've skipped classes, which I've never done (cuz English classes were my favorites at school and I never skipped even one).

The hypocrisy in this post is, literally, beyond comprehension.
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
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RE: Question to all Americans: why do you refer to vehicles and ships as "she"? - by rexbeccarox - July 13, 2015 at 10:18 pm

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