The possessive pronoun 'Her' is used to refer to a 'ship' when there is a strong emotional connection.
Se usa el pronombre posesivo 'Her' para referirse a un 'ship' si se siente una conexión emocional fuerte.
Task | Titanic has become one of the most famous ships in history, ____ memory kept alive by numerous books, folk songs, films, exhibits, and memorials. |
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Answer | 3 |
a | He |
b | She |
c | Her |
d | His |
comment | On rare occasions we use gendered pronouns to express our relation to some things very emotionally. We should remember that there are 3 genders in English: feminine, masculine and neutral. The word 'ship' is of feminine gender. Here we use the possessive form of the personal pronoun 'she' |
topic | nouns |
level | 2 |
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