Teo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
___ setting sun looks bigger, too.
The rising sun looks bigger. ___ setting sun looks bigger, too.
Which article should I use to fill in the above blank, the or a?
Which article should I use to fill in the above blank, the or a?
Top answer
Either will work. I would use the for style (consistency).
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Hello Teo
Normally, "the". But for effect, you could use "a": what is countable then is the occurrence of the phenomenon "the sun setting", rather than the sun itself.
Alternatively, some readers might envisage other suns in other solar systems.
MrP
Normally, "the". But for effect, you could use "a": what is countable then is the occurrence of the phenomenon "the sun setting", rather than the sun itself.
Alternatively, some readers might envisage other suns in other solar systems.
MrP
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