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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Prose checking

Hello,

Is the following sentence ok ?

"The light slowly declined to raven shade."

Thanks in advance for your reply.

  

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Light doesn't decline. I can't tell what "raven shade" is, but my guess is the color black. "Raven" does not register as a color without "black" the same way "coal" doesn't.

— Anonymous

  • Light doesn't decline.
  • I can't tell what "raven shade" is, but my guess is the color black.
  • "Raven" does not register as a color without "black" the same way "coal" doesn't.
  • "
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Light doesn't decline. I can't tell what "raven shade" is, but my guess is the color black. "Raven" does not register as a color without "black" the same way "coal" doesn't. Maybe "The light slowly diminished to raven black."

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