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English grammar question

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CarpeDeo

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Is it grammatically proper to refer to a baby as "it"? Or do the pronouns "he" and "she" always have to be used?

For example: Can I say,

"My baby is four years old. It's going to turn five next month."

or . . .

"That baby is so cute! Is it a boy or a girl?"
 
The second one works because you don't know... but I don't see any reason not to use "he" or "she" if you do know.
 
Originally posted by: chrisms
The second one works because you don't know... but I don't see any reason not to use "he" or "she" if you do know.
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So it's just dependent on whether you know or not?

What if it's apparent that it's a girl, but you say something like, "That baby is so cute! It has a little bowtie in her hair!"
 
Originally posted by: CarpeDeo
Originally posted by: chrisms
The second one works because you don't know... but I don't see any reason not to use "he" or "she" if you do know.
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So it's just dependent on whether you know or not?

What if it's apparent that it's a girl, but you say something like, "That baby is so cute! It has a little bowtie in her hair!"
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That sounds wrong to me because you're using two different words.. it sounds like object #1 ("it") has a little bowtie in the hair of object #2 ("her")
 
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