I’m not a native speaker, but as far as I understood, for singular objects and animals “it” was used. Why use “they” for individual people then?
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As a non-native English speaker isn’t “it” still used as a pronoun for people? Here are some examples I can think of:
“You had a baby. Is **it** a boy or a girl?”
“Someone is on the other side of the door but I don’t know who **it** is.”
“I’ve examined the evidence to determine the real monster. **It** is Dr. Frankenstein.”
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