Hi! Alexander,   
      
   On 09/17/2014 07:36 PM, you wrote:   
      
    ak> It's seems that neva.ru NNTP gate has its own english_tutor echo now.   
    ak> The messages I send there are not seen elsewhere. Well, I'll pretend to   
    ak> be an Aussie again. ;)   
      
   Not a problem.  Gidday!  You're always welcome, mate.   
      
    ak> A telephone is ringing in a mental hospital:   
    ak> "Please, tell me, is anybody in the 10th ward?"   
      
   That's okay.  I might have said, "Please, tell me, is anybody in ward 10?".   
      
    ak> "No, there is no anybody"   
      
   More correctly, it _could_ be either: "No, there is no one." or "No, there   
   isn't anybody.".   
      
    ak> "Gosh! It means I really manage to escape?"   
      
   8-)  I'm thinking that the question mark _could_ be an exclamation mark,   
   instead.  That's just me thinking out aloud.   
      
    ak> Alarm clocks don't play pleasant melodies.   
      
   Nor do door bell chimes.   
      
    ak> There was a fashion for torn jeans. Now there is a fashion for torn   
    ak> T-shirts. When, at last, will appear a fashion for torn socks?   
      
   "Will it ever be fashionable to wear torn socks?"  :)   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
   --- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox   
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