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echo: english_tutor
to: MARK LEWIS
from: Mike Powell
date: 2019-03-22 18:18:00
subject: Long

>  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...

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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