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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Can you explain the blueness of the sky?

0I'd be happy if someone would answer my question. Thanks in advance.02br
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00A: Can you explain the blueness of the sky?02br
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00Which sentence can A be paraphrased by or by both? 02br
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00(1) Can you explain why the sky is blue?02br
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00(2) Can you explain how the sky is blue?0-
  

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" It's blue like the ocean on a sunny day, like a robin's egg, like tempered steel. 02br 02br 00The more common answer, however, and probably the exepcted answer for this text question, is explaining 01i 00why 02i 00it's blue at all. 0-

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  • " It's blue like the ocean on a sunny day, like a robin's egg, like tempered steel.
  • 02br 02br 00The more common answer, however, and probably the exepcted answer for this text question, is explaining 01i 00why 02i 00it's blue at all.
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0It could be either.02br
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00If the focus is on the quality of the "blueness" (the quality of the color), then I would use "how." It's blue like the ocean on a sunny day, like a robin's egg, like tempered steel. 02br
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00The more common answer, however, and probably the exepcted answer for this text question, is explaining 01i00why 02i
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0(3) Can you explain how blue the sky is?02br
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00There is still vagueness in the original question.02br
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00What is the answer? Is it related to the physics of light, the shading of an artist's palette, or some other field?0-
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