In the silence he heard the cry of a child and the lonely yawn of a dog.
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Please have a look at the sentence below:
In the silence he heard the cry of a child and the lonely yawn of a dog.
1) Is it grammatically correct?
2) Especially, are the definite articles before 'cry' and 'lonely yawn' correct (assuming first mention)? They don't describe either anything specific or anything that is only one (like for example 'the shadow of a child') Or perhaps just a fact that the of-phrase follows them is enough in this case?
3) Does 'yawn' here make sense? Can it mean something like 'howl'?
The dictionary says that 'yawn' means "The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored.", which doesn't make much sense for me here.
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Please have a look at the sentence below: In the silence he heard the cry of a child and the lonely yawn of a dog. 1) Is it grammatically correct? Yes 2) Especially, are the definite articles before 'cry' and 'lonely yawn' correct (assuming first mention)?
- Please have a look at the sentence below: In the silence he heard the cry of a child and the lonely yawn of a dog.
- 1) Is it grammatically correct?
- Yes 2) Especially, are the definite articles before 'cry' and 'lonely yawn' correct (assuming first mention)?
- Yes They don't describe either anything specific or anything that is only one (like for example 'the shadow of a child') Or perhaps just a fact that the of-phrase follows them is enough in this case?
- 3) Does 'yawn' here make sense?
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Please have a look at the sentence below:
In the silence he heard the cry of a child and the lonely yawn of a dog.
1) Is it grammatically correct? Yes
2) Especially, are the definite articles before 'cry' and 'lonely yawn' correct (assuming first mention)? Yes
They don't describe either anything specific or anything that is only one (like for exampl
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