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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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Hello,
I was staying at a hotel the other night but couldn't sleep because of a really strange street lamp.
Which one the following sentences is correct?
1) I was blinded by the brightness of the blue light that beamed from the street lamp.
2) I was blinded by the brightness of a blue light that beamed from the street lamp.
I was staying at a hotel the other night but couldn't sleep because of a really strange street lamp.
Which one the following sentences is correct?
1) I was blinded by the brightness of the blue light that beamed from the street lamp.
2) I was blinded by the brightness of a blue light that beamed from the street lamp.
Top answer
I think both are possible, but the first fits best...
- I think both are possible, but the first fits best...
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Hi,
I think here the noun 'light' is uncountable.
OK, the first sentence should have the because it is restricted by the subsequent clause.
OK, I think the second sentence may have 'a' because you are trying to say it is the specific light that came from the street lamp the other night, but I would write in more details because not only you but the readers have to be con
I think here the noun 'light' is uncountable.
OK, the first sentence should have the because it is restricted by the subsequent clause.
OK, I think the second sentence may have 'a' because you are trying to say it is the specific light that came from the street lamp the other night, but I would write in more details because not only you but the readers have to be con
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