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Marold Posted 11 years ago
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In a flash of pure genius, she realized the answer to the problem.
In flash of pure genius, the answer came to her.
Both sentences were taken out of the Oxford advanced dictionary. I am asking why there is an indefinite article in front of the "first sentence" whilst the "second sentence" lacks one despite the fact that both are otherwise identical.
Thanks a lot in advance.
In flash of pure genius, the answer came to her.
Both sentences were taken out of the Oxford advanced dictionary. I am asking why there is an indefinite article in front of the "first sentence" whilst the "second sentence" lacks one despite the fact that both are otherwise identical.
Thanks a lot in advance.
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#2 just seems wrong to me. Perhaps the writer was thinking of some very rare and/or poetical context,
- #2 just seems wrong to me.
- Perhaps the writer was thinking of some very rare and/or poetical context,
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#2 just seems wrong to me. Perhaps the writer was thinking of some very rare and/or poetical context,
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