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DorisPao Posted 10 years ago
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A city
Hi all,
I was reading this article about a city that went through a war and saw this sentence at the end:
And so it happened that the buildings of a city that was often considered to be the nation's most beautiful were now in ruins.
If I replace "a city", with "the city", it's still grammatically correct and doesn't alter the meaning all that much, right?
I was reading this article about a city that went through a war and saw this sentence at the end:
And so it happened that the buildings of a city that was often considered to be the nation's most beautiful were now in ruins.
If I replace "a city", with "the city", it's still grammatically correct and doesn't alter the meaning all that much, right?
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DorisPao If I replace "a city", with "the city", it's still grammatically correct Yes. DorisPao doesn't alter the meaning all that much, It changes the sentiment - "a city" is more nostalgic; "the city" is more matter-of-fact.
- DorisPao If I replace "a city", with "the city", it's still grammatically correct Yes.
- DorisPao doesn't alter the meaning all that much, It changes the sentiment - "a city" is more nostalgic; "the city" is more matter-of-fact.
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DorisPaoIf I replace "a city", with "the city", it's still grammatically correctYes.
DorisPao doesn't alter the meaning all that much,It changes the sentiment - "a city" is more nostalgic; "the city" is more matter-of-fact.
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