/lit/ - Literature

I'm not going to bed until i finish my daily 100 pages quota. Yes, this is a job for me now.

Just realized i read to impress my past self.

>>21501666
Life is so easy it's not even worth trying

>>19391963
The word "it" is usually avoided because it connotes "inhumaness", as if "it" were an object and not a person; thus if "it" is used to speak of a person, its effect will be dehumanizing (obviously something to avoid if you are being polite).
For example, one might ask a woman what her baby's age is in this way
> How old is it?
And since this is a perfectly natural way of speaking about children whose gender one cannot be sure of, she might respond
> Oh, he's a month old.
But, then again, if she's snarky she might just as easily say
> "It" has a name you know—his name is Jayden.
To indicate that she would prefer the use of the male or proper pronouns, which again, are generally considered more human.
In any case, if a human is of the age where one's gender can be easily determined (i.e. without having to look at the genitals) then it is considered rude to use the pronoun "it".
Although, with all this being said, "it" can be used to speak about human individuals in general but usually "one" or "one's" is preferred in these cases.
Again, not a linguist, just giving my observations.

>>19108063
How does anyone believe in something

It has been many years since I read any literature