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Which pronoun?

The pronoun we use depends on whether what we are referring to is human or non-human, and whether it is singular or plural. If referring to a human, we must distinguish between male and female. This is shown for third person pronouns in the following table.

    Singular Plural
Human Male he/his they/
their
  Female she/her they/
their
Non-
Human
  it they/
their

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