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Mike Powell | MARK LEWIS | Long |
March 22, 2019 6:18 PM * |
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> AK> I thought that in English "cat" is male, like a ship is female. |
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English Tutoring for Students of... 
> 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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