If you save her live twice every year, how many lives did you save per year?

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[–] 20 points 10 months ago (4 children)

You saved one life twice. But is there any significance to this being 'her' rather than 'they'? Did you have a specific person in mind?

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  • [–] 30 points 10 months ago*

    In some languages (i.e., italian and spanish), "person" is a feminine word (the word itself has ha gender, grammatically). Maybe OP isn't a native english speaker and they're just translating literally their thought, implying "someone" as "a person".

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    If it was 'he' nobody would have questioned it, which kinds gives me pause for thought.

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