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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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Changing into emphatic pattern

An atmosphere filters sunlight.

1. It is an atmosphere that filters sunlight.

2. It is the atmosphere that filters sunlight.

3. It is atmosphere that filters sunlight.

Which is correct, 1, 2, 3 ?

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anonymous An atmosphere filters sunlight. This is somewhat unusual. We'd expect The atmosphere , referring to the earth's atmosphere, of course.

  • anonymous An atmosphere filters sunlight.
  • This is somewhat unusual.
  • We'd expect The atmosphere , referring to the earth's atmosphere, of course.
  • What other atmosphere could it be?
  • That aside, the only cleft structure that matches it is a cleft structure that uses the exact same words.
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anonymousAn atmosphere filters sunlight.

This is somewhat unusual. We'd expect The atmosphere, referring to the earth's atmosphere, of course. What other atmosphere could it be?


That aside, the only cleft structure that matches it is a cleft structure that uses the exact same words. I don't know why you wanted to change it.

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How about this to add emphasis?

An atmosphere definitely filters sunlight!

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