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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Sparkling in the sea

Can I say,

(a) The sea is sparkling when it is sunlight.

(b) The sea is sparkling when the sunlight light the sea.

(c) The sea is sparkling when the sun is shining (on the sea).

(d) The sea is sparkling because the sunlight is bright.

(e) The sparkling sunlight is beautiful.

(f) The surface of the sea is sparkling beacuse of the sunlight.
  

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Vincent Teo (a) The sea is sparkling when it there is sunlight. (b) The sea is sparkling when the sunlight light lights the sea. (c) The sea is sparkling when the sun is shining (on the sea).

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  • Vincent Teo (a) The sea is sparkling when it there is sunlight.
  • (b) The sea is sparkling when the sunlight light lights the sea.
  • (c) The sea is sparkling when the sun is shining (on the sea).
  • ok (d) The sea is sparkling because the sunlight is bright.
  • ok (e) The sparkling sunlight is beautiful.
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Vincent Teo (a) The sea is sparkling when it there is sunlight.

(b) The sea is sparkling when the sunlight light lights the sea.

(c) The sea is sparkling when the sun is shining (on the sea). ok

(d) The sea is sparkling because the sunlight is bright. ok

(e) The sparkling sunlight is beautiful. ok
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Edit. Note that "sunlight" and "daylight" sometimes differ in usage:

Wake up! There is daylight / sunlight outside!

Wake up! It is daylight / sunlight outside!
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Edit. I guess (d) would also be used by native speakers in some cases.
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In English, certain verbs do not take present progressive to well in some contexts. These sentences sound quite unnatural to me.

Perhaps: glistens is the word you may want to use. But based on your texts, I revsied them to make them more natural sounding:



(a) The sea is sparkling in the sunlight.

(b) The sea sparkles with the sunlight reflecting from the sea.
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