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What noun do you give a country?

  • 01-11-2011 5:23pm
    #1
    DiegoMaradona
    Closed Accounts Posts: 45 ✭


    Hi

    I am doing a project in college and doing a PESTLE analysis as part of it

    I am somewhat confused... i am reading a report and after it initially refers to the country as "Ireland", it then uses "its...." as the noun... is this correct?

    I was had always used the noun "she" when referring to a country, or is this old fashioned now?


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  • #2
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,508 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    "Its" is a possessive pronoun; "she" is a subjective pronoun and is generally only used in literary texts to refer to a country.


  • #3
    tac foley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,500 ✭✭✭tac foley


    Unless you are German of a certain age, in which case it's the 'Fatherland'.

    tac


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