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Domdom Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

day and the day

-Take my hand and lead the way out of the darkness and into the light of the day

-crushing light of day

What's the difference between "the day" and "day"?
  

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If these are quotations, I find fault with the first one. Darkness is a condition, Daylight is a comparative condition. Daylight is often called ‘the light of day’.

  • If these are quotations, I find fault with the first one.
  • Darkness is a condition, Daylight is a comparative condition.
  • Daylight is often called ‘the light of day’.
  • A second article (the) would be unnecessary in that sentence.
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If these are quotations, I find fault with the first one.
Darkness is a condition, Daylight is a comparative condition.
Daylight is often called ‘the light of day’. A second article (the) would be unnecessary in that sentence.
The second (…crushing light of day) would take the article before‘crushing’)
“Take my hand and lead the way out of the darkness and into the (crushin

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