Hi, Ardith Hinton!
I read your message from 28.10.2022 21:46

  ak>>  Can an Englishmen see in the gloom? :)
  AH>              |Singular, Englishman.  Plural, Englishmen.
  ak>>  Is it a darkness or twilight?
  AH>             It could be either.  Gloom = a state of partial or
  AH> total darkness.

Well... So an Englishman can see in the gloom and can not see in the 
gloom.  ;-)

Bye, Ardith!
Alexander Koryagin
fido.english_tutor 2022
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