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re: Winter Storm names..
Posted on 2/8/13 at 11:41 am to MsGarrison
Posted on 2/8/13 at 11:41 am to MsGarrison
Wat
Are you asking if there's a law against certain entities naming storms?
Are you asking if there's a law against certain entities naming storms?
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Posted on 2/8/13 at 11:42 am to genro
Yea
Posted on 2/8/13 at 11:47 am to genro
No, but it's incorrect grammar to give them masculine names. Inanimate objects have the feminine gender in English. No one refers to boats, flags, mountains, and stadia as males, but we run around naming storms in the masculine gender.
These sentences are grammatically correct, but sound stupid:
"When Hurricane Hugo hit South Carolina, her winds and tidal surge destroyed large parts of Charleston. Hurricane Ivan did much the same kind of damage in Pensacola. Her winds pushed the water beyond Main Street and moved portions of the I-10 bridge."
These sentences are grammatically correct, but sound stupid:
"When Hurricane Hugo hit South Carolina, her winds and tidal surge destroyed large parts of Charleston. Hurricane Ivan did much the same kind of damage in Pensacola. Her winds pushed the water beyond Main Street and moved portions of the I-10 bridge."
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