Answer to Question #192924 in English for Ezile Njomane

Question

Explain the three gender distinctions that are made in the English pronoun system

Answer 1

Standard usage. The English language has gender-specific personal pronouns in the third-person singular. The masculine pronoun is he (with derived forms him, his and himself); the feminine is she (with derived forms her, hers and herself); the neuter is it (with derived forms its and itself).