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Subject: puppy is he or she?
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:19:15 -0700
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Hi.
In the following dialog,
A : I'm trying to think of a name for my puppy.
B : What color is she?
A : She's almost brown, but her feet are white.
Pronoun "she" stands for puppy.
Why?
Can't we use "it" or "he"?
For puppy, do we always use "she"?
Thanks in advance.
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