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Could you help with this English phrase ?
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TixhiiDon Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5467 days ago 772 posts - 1474 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, German, Russian Studies: Georgian	Message 9 of 9 23 March 2013 at 9:45pm \| IP Logged
	It's not especially formal, although not common either, and nothing to do with rules or edicts. Tastyonions has it spot on. It's simply means "People don't keep them as pets". And to criticize Ursula Le Guin's grammar is presumptuous to say the least! ;) 2 persons have voted this message useful

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