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grammatical categories, those of number and case, normally expressed
by the -
s
inflection of the plural number and the -‘
s
inflection of the
possessive case. However, the existence of case seems to be doubtful
and has to be carefully analyzed further. As far as the category of gender
is concerned, most scholars (both in Russia and abroad) agree that
English makes very few gender distinctions, and the Modern English
noun does not have the category of grammatical gender. Nevertheless,
the opposite views can be found in linguistic literature. According
to M. Y. Blokh the category of gender is expressed in English by the
obligatory correlation of nouns with the personal pronouns of the third
person:
he
,
she
,
it.
This category is regarded by M. Y. Blokh as being
strictly oppositional, formed by two oppositions related to each other
in a hierarchy:
Gender
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