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 Wed Dec 28, 2005 14:30 pm Car can be 'she'? |
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Hi Sergey134,
Vehicles such as cars/trains/ships are often referred to as she especially by the older generation as we assume the speaker in this dialogue is a member of.
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| Wed Jan 11, 2006 17:19 pm Car can be 'she'? |
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Oh, Thnx Mr/ ALAN for your reply.
I wish to learn ENGLISH well.
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| Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:06 pm Precisely vs. especially |
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| Alan wrote: | Hi Sergey134,
Vehicles such as cars/trains/ships are often referred to as she especially by the older generation as we assume the speaker in this dialogue is a member of.
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| Fri Dec 08, 2006 5:00 am Car can be 'she'? |
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"She's definitely going to London. ". I can't understand its mean. Can you explain it for me?
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| Fri Dec 08, 2006 7:18 am Car can be 'she'? |
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As to "he" or "she", I believe that we call God "he", and the rest like animals and things "she". Is this correct?
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| Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:49 am Car can be 'she'? |
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Hi Adrian and Hani
Saying definitely here means "without any doubt at all" and this would also be the typical word order. Mr Corp is telling the woman that she can be very sure that the train is going to London.
Precisely means exactly or rigidly, so the meaning doesn't work well.
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Hi Ahmadov
Yes, God is usually referred to as 'he'. Animals are referred to as 'it' but you can use 'he' or 'she' if you know the gender. For example, I have two cats. One is male, the other is female. So I refer to one as he and the other as she. 
Things are always referred to as 'it'. There are just a few exeptions. However, even for the exceptions, people use it much more often than he or she.
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