This section is from the book "Lessons In English", by Chestine Gowdy, Lora M. Dexheimer. Also available from Amazon: Lessons in English.
Only two English pronouns have any inflection to show differences in sex. They are he and who.
(1) The pronoun he has the form she which denotes a female, and the form it which stands for an object without sex. This last form was once spelled hit.
(2) The pronoun who is used to represent either male or female; but it has a form, what, which represents an object without sex.
 
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