Hello Alexander,

Tuesday February 26 2019, Alexander Koryagin wrote to All:

 AK> From Paulo Coelho, The Althemist:

 AK> -----Beginning of the citation-----
 AK>     "Why would a king be talking with a shepherd?" the boy  asked,
 AK> awed and embarrassed.
 AK>     "For several reasons.  But let's say that the most important is
 AK> that you have succeeded in discovering your Personal Legend."
 AK>     The boy didn't know what a person's "Personal Legend" was.
 AK>     "It's what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when
 AK> they are young, knows what their Personal Legend is.
 AK> ----- The end of the citation -----

 AK> What about the last sentence?

 AK> Should it be  "Everyone, when he is young, knows"
 AK> or
 AK> "All people, when they are young know..."

 AK> If we use "they", we imply many people? IMHO, it is incompatible "are"
 AK> and "knows".

I have no answer to your question, I have another question instead.  What is
the benefit of reading English translations from other languages and not books
written in English? I'd understand it if the book were really a good
literature. But from my point of view Althemist is not, it is more like
graphomania. Throw out the nasty thing! 

Michael

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