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BW2/3 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
dark/in the dark
All of a sudden, the sky was dark.
All of a sudden, the sky in the dark.
Which is correct?
Why?
Thank you
All of a sudden, the sky in the dark.
Which is correct?
Why?
Thank you
Top answer
This is OK All of a sudden, the sky was dark. and the only one idiomatic.
- This is OK All of a sudden, the sky was dark.
- and the only one idiomatic.
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This is OK
All of a sudden, the sky was dark.
and the only one idiomatic.
All of a sudden, the sky was dark.
and the only one idiomatic.
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All of a sudden, the sky in the dark.
There's no verb here. So, logic aside -- there are things that can be in the dark and things that can be in the light, but the sky is not one of them -- that's not a sentence.
The sun dropped behind the building, and all of the sudden the playground was in the dark.
There's no verb here. So, logic aside -- there are things that can be in the dark and things that can be in the light, but the sky is not one of them -- that's not a sentence.
The sun dropped behind the building, and all of the sudden the playground was in the dark.
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