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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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A baby should have one bath everyday and if strong ‘he’ may have two In the above sentence the personal pronoun ‘he’ refers to:

options are
1 male child
2 sex is unknown
  

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I would say '*** is unknown'. In fact, there is no question of *** here. It refers to the babies in general(indefinite article).

  • I would say '*** is unknown'.
  • In fact, there is no question of *** here.
  • It refers to the babies in general(indefinite article).
  • It is not essential that the baby is a male.
  • Consider this: A President has many duties.
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I would say '*** is unknown'. In fact, there is no question of *** here. It refers to the babies in general(indefinite article). It is not essential that the baby is a male. Consider this:
A President has many duties. He has to control the army.

This doesn't imply that the President is a male. Same is the case here.

Prajwal

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