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"He" versus "it"

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No tengo muy claro cuando se utiliza 'he? y cuando se utiliza 'it? cuando estamos hablando de un animal. Me gustaría que alguien me lo aclarase, por favor.

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updated FEB 7, 2011
posted by nila45

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I have a related question: why is it that people often refer to a ship as 'she'? Is it a rule or, as with cats and dogs, you only use 'she' if you have a special affection for the machine?

A ship is called "she" because it stems from Greek Mythology and Poseidon. The legends are explained in "lliad" and continued even today just like the Star Constellations.

updated MAY 24, 2009
posted by Mark-Baker
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I have a related question: why is it that people often refer to a ship as 'she'? Is it a rule or, as with cats and dogs, you only use 'she' if you have a special affection for the machine'

updated MAY 24, 2009
posted by 00719c95
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answered--too bad, it took me 10 minutes to figure out how to spell anthromorphisized (pets and domesticated animals) and I didn't get to use it.
Are you challenging us? I could never find that word or remember how to spell it. So, you must have lost some of the spelling between finding the word and posting it, How about anthropomorphized? If I am wrong, which never happened before, mea culpa. grin

updated MAY 24, 2009
posted by Zoltán
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answered--too bad, it took me 10 minutes to figure out how to spell anthromorphisized (pets and domesticated animals) and I didn't get to use it.

updated MAY 24, 2009
posted by 0074b507
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