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    From Denis Mosko@2:5064/54.1315 to All on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 17:49:48
    Hi, All!

    Correct, please:

    The cat, which walking by herself.


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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Denis Mosko on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 13:43:58

    On 2019 Mar 20 16:49:48, you wrote to All:

    Correct, please:

    The cat, which walking by herself.

    that looks like an incomplete sentence but if it isn't, i'd use

    The cat was walking by itself.

    i used "itself" since we don't know the sex of the cat... but if we do, then "himself" for male or "herself" for female is OK...

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  • From Denis Mosko@2:5064/54.1315 to mark lewis on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 21:41:32

    [...cus'...]
    Correct, please:

    The cat, which walking by herself.

    that looks like an incomplete sentence but if it isn't, i'd use

    The cat was walking by itself.

    i used "itself" since we don't know the sex of the cat... but if we
    do, then "himself" for male or "herself" for female is OK...
    Or ^^^ - men (not women) ?

    2All: What is correct: New York DC
    or
    Washinton DC?

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    :)

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  • From Alexander Koryagin@2:221/6 to mark lewis on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 22:10:22
    Hi, Mark Lewis : Denis Mosko!
    I read your message from 20.03.2019 19:43

    Correct, please:
    The cat, which walking by herself.
    that looks like an incomplete sentence but if it isn't, i'd use
    The cat was walking by itself.
    i used "itself" since we don't know the sex of the cat... but if we
    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

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Denis Mosko on Thursday, March 21, 2019 07:25:28

    On 2019 Mar 20 20:41:32, you wrote to me:

    [...cus'...]
    Correct, please:

    The cat, which walking by herself.

    that looks like an incomplete sentence but if it isn't, i'd use

    The cat was walking by itself.

    i used "itself" since we don't know the sex of the cat... but if we
    do, then "himself" for male or "herself" for female is OK...
    Or ^^^ - men (not women) ?

    "him" is male only... "her" is female only...

    2All: What is correct: New York DC
    or
    Washinton DC?

    DC is District of Columbia... the only city in DC is Washington...

    New York is either the state or a city/town... certainly not in DC...

    )\/(ark

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Alexander Koryagin on Thursday, March 21, 2019 07:29:08

    On 2019 Mar 20 21:10:22, you wrote to me:

    Correct, please:
    The cat, which walking by herself.
    that looks like an incomplete sentence but if it isn't, i'd use
    The cat was walking by itself.
    i used "itself" since we don't know the sex of the cat... but if we
    do, then "himself" for male or "herself" for female is OK...

    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!

    "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.

    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...

    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?

    not that i'm aware of but it has been a very long time since i read any children's books...

    )\/(ark

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  • From nathanael culver@3:712/886 to Denis Mosko on Thursday, March 21, 2019 23:13:08
    The cat, which walking by herself.

    The ca, which was walking by herself, ...

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  • From Alexander Koryagin@2:221/6 to mark lewis on Thursday, March 21, 2019 21:49:12
    Hi, Mark Lewis!

    Correct, please: The cat, which walking by herself.
    that looks like an incomplete sentence but if it isn't, i'd use
    The cat was walking by itself. i used "itself" since we don't
    know the sex of the cat... but if we do, then "himself" for male
    or "herself" for female is OK...
    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 we can say about a ship:

    Captain Blood, by Sabatini
    -----Beginning of the citation-----
    All day the Dutch brig was in sight, though by evening she had dwindled
    to the merest speck on the northern horizon.
    ----- The end of the citation -----

    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!

    "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.

    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...

    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?

    not that i'm aware of but it has been a very long time since i read
    any children's books...

    As I have learned, the original story was written by Rudyard Kipling, "THE CAT THAT WALKED BY HIMSELF"
    http://www.boop.org/jan/justso/cat.htm

    So he was male? ;)

    We have a cartoon on this subject. ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2P_kWj8bJQ


    Bye, Mark!
    Alexander Koryagin
    english_tutor 2019

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Alexander Koryagin on Friday, March 22, 2019 11:11:28

    On 2019 Mar 21 20:49:12, you wrote to me:

    not that i'm aware of but it has been a very long time since i read
    any children's books...

    As I have learned, the original story was written by Rudyard Kipling,
    "THE CAT THAT WALKED BY HIMSELF"
    http://www.boop.org/jan/justso/cat.htm

    ahhh, yeah, it was a long long time ago when i read that :)

    So he was male? ;)

    yup...

    We have a cartoon on this subject. ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2P_kWj8bJQ

    :)

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Denis Mosko on Friday, March 22, 2019 11:13:26

    On 2019 Mar 21 06:25:28, I wrote to you:

    2All: What is correct: New York DC
    or
    Washinton DC?

    DC is District of Columbia... the only city in DC is Washington...

    New York is either the state or a city/town... certainly not in DC...

    Denis, did you get my routed netmail response to your netmail query about this topic?

    )\/(ark

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to MARK LEWIS on Friday, March 22, 2019 19:18:00
    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...

    That said, ships and cars are often refered to as females by their
    captains and owners.

    At least traditionally they were... who knows nowadays.

    Mike
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