GENDER

                                                                             GENDER

Gender – The noun or pronoun which shows the difference of sex of a person or an animal is said to be gender.

               

                In English Grammar, there are four kinds of gender –

a)      Masculine gender

b)     Feminine gender

c)      Common gender

d)     Neuter gender

Masculine gender – The noun or pronoun which is used for males is said to be masculine gender.

                                e.g. – boy, man, father, uncle, brother, son, husband, headmaster, bridegroom, god, nephew, ox, bull, dog, cock, horse, peacock, tiger, lion, author, poet, prince, master, sir, wizard, he, etc.

Feminine gender – The noun or pronoun which is used for females is said to be feminine gender.

                                e.g. – girl, woman, lady, mother, sister, daughter, aunt, heroine, actress, poetess, authoress, headmistress, madam, bride, cow, mare, bitch, hen, she, etc.

Common gender – The noun or pronoun which is used both for males or females is said to be common gender.

                                e.g. – doctor, student, teacher, officer, clerk, peon, engineer, principal, chairman, secretary, people, public, cousin, cattle, police, I, we, they, president, prime minister, governor, minister, lawyer, judge, chief minister, D.M., S.P., A.S.P., D.I.G., I.G., D.G.P., S.D.O., D.D.C., B.D.O., C.O., D.E.O., D.P.O., B.E.O., registrar, etc.

Neuter gender – The noun or pronoun which is used for the objects without living and for small creatures and insects is said to be neuter gender.

                                e.g. – chair, watch, table, pen, bicycle, bench, shirt, coach, etc.