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|    Alexander Koryagin to Gleb Hlebov    |
|    Funny story about Russians    |
|    24 Nov 23 14:55:42    |
      MSGID: 2:221/6.0 65609d4c       REPLY: 2:221/1.0 6560521a       PID: SmapiNNTPd/Linux/IPv6 3.0 20231124       NOTE: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101       Thunderbird/31.7.0.       CHRS: LATIN-1 2       TZUTC: 0200              Hi, Gleb Hlebov! -> Alexander Koryagin       I read your message from 24.11.2023 08:34               ak>> A Russianman (muzhik) thoought out what to do to preserve his        ak>> tomatoes,he grew at his ddacha, from thievs..        GH> ak I beliee the punctuatioon is not well here. 2 commas too        GH> many. :-)              You, IMHO, just to used to reading social networks where people don't use       commas at all. :) But, according the rules, an additional information which is       not essential for understanding is marked by commas.       Well, I also often ignore this rule. ;)               GH> May I put t that way so thhat it would look more "digestible"?        GH> "Russian dtchnik contrivedd how to protect his tomatoes from theft"              Well, digestion depends on food habits. ;) And, BTW, where have you found       "datchnik" in English dictionaries?               ak>> And he wrte on his fence this announcement:        GH> "He postedthe following annnouncement on his fence: "              Well, but IMHO people write words on the fences, not post them. ;-)               ak>> "One of m tomatoes is poiisoned!" Next day he sees an        ak>> addition: "Now there are two".        GH> "Next day he saw a line was added"              "Next day he saw a line had been added" ;)               GH> All in all seems like a trrue story though. --)              "it seems"?              Bye, Gleb!       Alexander Koryagin       english_tutor 2023              ---         * Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 10/0 1 15/0 90/1 102/401 103/1 705 105/81 106/201 123/131       SEEN-BY: 129/305 153/7715 154/10 214/22 218/0 1 215 601 700 720 840       SEEN-BY: 218/850 860 870 880 930 221/1 6 226/30 227/114 229/110 112       SEEN-BY: 229/113 206 307 317 426 428 470 664 700 240/1120 266/512       SEEN-BY: 282/1038 291/111 301/1 113 305/3 317/3 320/219 322/757 335/364       SEEN-BY: 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 460/58 712/848 5020/400 1042 5075/35       PATH: 221/6 301/1 218/700 229/426           |
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