Use of they/their instead of it

Patricia F.C1Kwiziq community member

I understand that you are trying to be politically correct by using "they/their" when speaking of Ankou in your English translation even though it's a singular noun. If this were a non-binary French person, I could understand your effort. But in English we would say "it" for this strange, unknown figure. Why not use that? It gets very confusing.

This question relates to:French writing exercise "The symbol of Death in Brittany"

Freeform Writing Exercise C1

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CélineNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Bonjour Patricia,

Thank you for your comment! We took a look at the exercise and we agree that "it/its" is a much better option. Thanks to you, we've now amended the exercise.

Merci de votre contribution !

Bonne journée !

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Patricia F. asked:

Use of they/their instead of it

I understand that you are trying to be politically correct by using "they/their" when speaking of Ankou in your English translation even though it's a singular noun. If this were a non-binary French person, I could understand your effort. But in English we would say "it" for this strange, unknown figure. Why not use that? It gets very confusing.

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