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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
A Sunday afternoon
Can I say,
It was Sunday afternoon. / It was a Sunday afternoon.
It was Sunday afternoon. / It was a Sunday afternoon.
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It was Sunday afternoon. It was a Sunday afternoon in the month of May . It was a Sunday afternoon in the spring of 2008.
- It was Sunday afternoon.
- It was a Sunday afternoon in the month of May .
- It was a Sunday afternoon in the spring of 2008.
- It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon .
- >> >> It is OK provided that you give a choice of which Sunday afternoon it was.
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It was Sunday afternoon.
It was a Sunday afternoon in the month of May.
It was a Sunday afternoon in the spring of 2008.
It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon. >> >> It is OK provided that you give a choice of which Sunday afternoon it was.
It was a Sunday afternoon in the month of May.
It was a Sunday afternoon in the spring of 2008.
It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon. >> >> It is OK provided that you give a choice of which Sunday afternoon it was.
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Thanks, but why do we use "a Sunday afternoon", but sometimes we don't? Why?
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Vincent TeoThanks, but why do we use "a Sunday afternoon", but sometimes we don't? Why?The word afternoon is unimportant with regard to using the article. No article is usually used when the reference is to the Sunday closest in time at the moment of speaking:
He came on Sunday afternoon. (last Sunday afternoon)
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