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    On 2019 Mar 20 21:10:22, you wrote to me:   
      
    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...   
      
    AK> I thought that in English "cat" is male, like a ship is female. ;)   
      
   no, cats are animals and animated objects... ships, cars, trains are not   
   animals and are inanimate objects...   
      
   but it depends on the context, too... there are instances where "cat" may not   
   be referencing an animal...   
      
     eg: that guy is a cool cat, man!   
      
    AK> "The cat, which walking by herself," is probably taken from a story   
    AK> for children, where they are told how the cat had become a domestic   
    AK> animal.   
      
   that's why i said it looked like an incomplete sentence... you have two commas   
   in your snippet whereas the original post had a comma and ended in a period...   
      
    AK> The cat there could talk, and when the ancient woman invited him into   
    AK> the cave, he always replied, "I am a cat. I am walking alone and   
    AK> everywhere I want to." ;-) Do you have this story in the English   
    AK> literature?   
      
   not that i'm aware of but it has been a very long time since i read any   
   children's books...   
      
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