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|    Alexander Koryagin to mark lewis    |
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|    20 Mar 19 21:10:22    |
      MSGID: 2:221/6.0 5c92901c       REPLY: 1:3634/12.73 5c926e3b       PID: JamNNTPd/Cygwin32 1.3 20190208       CHRS: LATIN-1 2       TZUTC: 0200       TID: hpt/w32-mvc 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08       Hi, Mark Lewis : Denis Mosko!       I read your message from 20.03.2019 19:43               DM>> Correct, please:        DM>> The cat, which walking by herself.        ML> that looks like an incomplete sentence but if it isn't, i'd use        ML> The cat was walking by itself.        ML> i used "itself" since we don't know the sex of the cat... but if we        ML> do, then "himself" for male or "herself" for female is OK...              I thought that in English "cat" is male, like a ship is female. ;)              "The cat, which walking by herself," is probably taken from a story for       children, where they are told how the cat had become a domestic animal. The cat        there could talk, and when the ancient woman invited him into the cave, he       always replied, "I am a cat. I am walking alone and everywhere I want to." ;-)       Do you have this story in the English literature?              Bye, Mark!       Alexander Koryagin       english_tutor 2019              ---        * Origin: nntps://fidonews.mine.nu - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/6.0)       SEEN-BY: 15/2 57/0 123/1970 153/250 203/0 221/0 1 6 360 226/17 229/107       SEEN-BY: 229/426 1014 240/5832 249/206 317 267/800 280/5003 310/31       SEEN-BY: 317/2 3 320/219 322/757 342/200 393/68 460/58 633/267 640/1321       SEEN-BY: 640/1384 712/620 848 886 770/0 1 10 100 340 772/0 1 500 3634/12       PATH: 221/6 1 640/1384 712/848 770/1 393/68 229/426           |
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