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

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

 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...

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!

 AK> "The cat, which walking by herself," is probably taken from a story
 AK> for children, where they are told how the cat had become a domestic
 AK> 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...

 AK> The cat there could talk, and when the ancient woman invited him into
 AK> the cave, he always replied, "I am a cat. I am walking alone and
 AK> everywhere I want to." ;-) Do you have this story in the English
 AK> literature?

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

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