Posted on 04/24/2015 5:44:21 PM PDT by skeptoid
Yes, “it” would be appropriate for either of these things.
Unfortunately, the English language lacks a third-person singular neuter pronoun, except for “one”, and apparently people don’t like to use that.
I fear that it’s too late, and the idiotic usage of “they” as a singular pronoun is established. I know the language evolves, but I don’t have to like some of the ways it does.
What an obamination.
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