GENDER AND NUMBER OF NOUNS
In English, there are three kinds of gender: feminine, masculine and neuter. They are applied to specific nouns and they are important at the time we replace the subject for a personal pronoun.
The application of gender in general terms is explained as follows:
A. FEMININE
This gender is applied to :
1. People: feminine persons
2. Pets: Animals who are part of the family
3. Animals in study which are under close observation and followed periodically and which general characteristics are rigorously taken down.
B. MASCULINE
This gender is applied to :
1. People: masculine persons
2. Pets: Animals who are part of the family.
3. Animals in study: that are under close observation and followed periodically and which general characteristics are rigorously taken down.
C. NEUTER
This gender is applied to :
1. Unanimated Objects: Real or ideal objects
2. Unknown Animals
3. Even babies are part of this gender
IMPORTANCE
To determine the gender of nouns is important because in function of subject of sentences we need to replace it for subject pronouns which are clasified by number and gender.
