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 |It has to drive ''itself'' to school.
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-[[File:It its pronouns.png|thumb|220x220px|It/Its Pronouns Flag by Geekycorn on DeviantArt]]''It'' is the pronoun for inanimate objects in English, though some non-binary people (doesn't have to be non-binary but it/its is most commonly used by non-binary people) choose to use this as a non-gendered pronoun. Using ''it'' to refer to a non-binary person is considered offensive unless one is specifically told to use that pronoun.
+[[File:It its pronouns.png|thumb|220x220px|It/Its Pronouns Flag by Geekycorn on DeviantArt]]''It'' is the pronoun for inanimate objects in English, though some people choose to use this as a non-gendered pronoun. Using ''it'' to refer to a non-binary person is considered offensive unless one is specifically told to use that pronoun.
 Some people may consider ''it'' to be a neopronoun when used for people, while others do not. On the one hand ''it'' is a recognized pronoun in English, however, it is typically only used for inanimate objects. Being used to refer to people is not conventionally part of ''it''<nowiki/>'s usage.
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 === No Pronouns/Pronoun Dropping ===
-Also called non-pronouns, null pronouns, or [[Nullpronoun|pronounless]]. Some non-binary people prefer not to be referred to by pronouns of any kind. Instead of using pronouns, a person may be referred to by name, an epithet, or the sentence can be rephrased to omit pronouns, typically by using the passive voice.
+Also called non-pronouns, null pronouns, or [[Nullpronoun|pronounless]]. Some people prefer not to be referred to by pronouns of any kind. Instead of using pronouns, a person may be referred to by name, an epithet, or the sentence can be rephrased to omit pronouns, typically by using the passive voice.
 ===Nounself Pronouns===