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|    Alexander Koryagin to Mike Powell    |
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|    28 Jul 19 19:56:38    |
      MSGID: 2:221/360.0 5d3dd3be       REPLY: 654.englisht@1:2320/105 21a225e1       PID: JamNNTPd/Cygwin32 1.3 20190208       CHRS: CP866 2       TZUTC: 0300       TID: hpt/w32-mvc 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08       Hi, Mike Powell!       I read your message from 28.07.2019 03:22               ak>> I somehow don't understand the last sentence.               ak>> "The pair may have been helped by a civilian who did not recognise        ak>> them to leave the area".               MP> It is very oddly worded. It would make more sense as:               MP> "The pair may have been helped by a civilian, who did not recognise        MP> them, to leave the area." (OK)              Although, as I read it in a punctuation textbook, we can embrace words with       commas only in case if the words are not necessary for understanding of the       sentence (they are nonessential elements). But in this case the words "who did       not recognise them" are essential.               MP> "The pair may have been helped to leave the area by a civilian who        MP> did not recognise them." (better, in my opinion)              Yeah, and I think any Russian would write it like this. :)                     PS: Anton, thanks to you, too.              Bye, Mike!       Alexander Koryagin       english_tutor 2019              ---        * Origin: nntps://fidonews.mine.nu - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/360.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 15/2 16/0 120/544 123/130 131 203/0 221/1 6 360       SEEN-BY: 226/17 227/114 229/354 426 1014 240/1120 2100 5138 5832 5853       SEEN-BY: 249/206 317 261/38 280/5003 317/3 320/119 219 322/0 757 342/200       SEEN-BY: 640/1384 2454/119       PATH: 221/1 320/219 240/5832 229/426           |
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