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   Hi, Ardith Hinton! -> Alexander Koryagin   
   I read your message from 07.11.2020 19:20   
      
    AK>> For instance, where to keep your money safer -- in bank   
    AH>       | in a bank or in the bank   
      
   It's interesting why "on board" is written without article? So you can do it   
   if you want very much. ;)   
      
    AK>> or at home?   
    AK>> In bank your money are eaten by inflation,   
    AH>       | your money is [blah blah].  Dollars, Euros, rubles etc.   
    AH>        are countable... the word "money" isn't.   
      
   Is it the same in American and British English? It seems to me in British   
   English, for instance, "the police" is plural, and in American English, is   
   single. Also IMHO "the government".   
      
    AH> Or bank fees or whatever. Here in Canada the federal government now   
    AH> provides deposit insurance (up to a limited amount) so that it's   
    AH> unlikely we'll find our life savings reduced to zero in an   
    AH> eyeblink, as many people apparently did long ago. The theory,   
    AH> however, has not yet been rigorously tested....: - Q   
      
   IMHO government compensates you only if a bank went bankrupt. But there can be   
   situation with a high inflation and low deposit interest. You lose your money   
   slowly and perfectly lawfully. ;-)   
      
    AK>> but at home they can be taken by more conventional robbers.   
    AH> Uh-huh. Dallas & I read a book by a professional thief, in which it   
    AH> was made quite clear that such people know where others are most   
    AH> likely to hide their valuables regardless of how clever they think   
    AH> they've been. We have also heard from friends & relatives about   
    AH> their experiences while travelling abroad. One individual said his   
    AH> watch was stolen in England from underneath his pillow, although he   
    AH> slept with his head on the latter. Another noticed someone outside   
    AH> his bedroom window who quickly disappeared when it became obvious   
    AH> he was awake. And a friend's wallet was stolen in Italy...   
    AH> apparently by "a cute little girl".. from the pouch he carries   
    AH> underneath his middle-aged belly.   
      
   I remember my purse had been stolen in France, in Grenoble, when I was there   
   on my business trip to the local Atomic center. I forgot it in my room, and   
   when I went back the window was opened and the purse had disappeared. I   
   suspected then an employee of the hotel. After that I took my handkerchief and   
   sewed a little bag from it with a lace and wore it on my neck. It was fortune   
   for me that the assignment allowance for me arrived after that.   ;=)   
      
    AH> If you hide your $$$ under the mattress, under the edge of a   
    AH> carpet, etc. it seems likely dishonest people will check out such   
    AH> places first....: - Q   
      
   Yeah, they know where to search first. :-)   
      
   Bye, Ardith Hinton!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
      
   english_tutor 2020   
      
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