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Grammar Tutorial on Computer: He or She ?Anonymous , (found on the Internet) One of the students raised her hand and asked, "What gender is a computer?" The teacher wasn't certain. So he divided the class into two groups: males in one, females in the other, and asked them to decide if a computer should be masculine or feminine. Both groups were asked to give four reasons for their recommendations. The group of women concluded that computers should be referred to as masculine because:
The men, on the other hand, decided that computers should definitely be referred to as feminine because:
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