What happened to word gender in English?
I know english is a Germanic language and I know at least the German
language still has genders - three of them in fact - masculine, feminine,
neuter. So did the English non-noun words have genders at some point? Do
any modern non-nouns still have gender and us
non-linguists/laymen/uninformed just don't realize it?
I know some nouns do, actor/actress, steward/stewardess come to mind, but
I'm thinking more for verbs. I just remember trying to learn German verb
conjugations was a PITA.
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