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I stopped trusting the English language

when my teacher said "Give her her pen" was correct yet "Give him him pen" was incorrect
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It is funny that the possessive of the pronoun “her” is also “her” while the possessive form of the pronoun “him” is [b]“his”[/b].
On the other hand, in English only [b]people[/b] require gender pronouns whereas in other languages every item is “he” or “she”.