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   Hello Alexander,   
      
   Tuesday February 26 2019, Alexander Koryagin wrote to All:   
      
    AK> From Paulo Coelho, The Althemist:   
      
    AK> -----Beginning of the citation-----   
    AK>     "Why would a king be talking with a shepherd?" the boy  asked,   
    AK> awed and embarrassed.   
    AK>     "For several reasons.  But let's say that the most important is   
    AK> that you have succeeded in discovering your Personal Legend."   
    AK>     The boy didn't know what a person's "Personal Legend" was.   
    AK>     "It's what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when   
    AK> they are young, knows what their Personal Legend is.   
    AK> ----- The end of the citation -----   
      
    AK> What about the last sentence?   
      
    AK> Should it be  "Everyone, when he is young, knows"   
    AK> or   
    AK> "All people, when they are young know..."   
      
    AK> If we use "they", we imply many people? IMHO, it is incompatible "are"   
    AK> and "knows".   
      
   I have no answer to your question, I have another question instead. :) What is   
   the benefit of reading English translations from other languages and not books   
   written in English? I'd understand it if the book were really a good   
   literature. But from my point of view Althemist is not, it is more like   
   graphomania. Throw out the nasty thing! :)   
      
   Michael   
      
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