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DearYolanda Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

The sun shined warmly.

Is the sentence "The sun shined warmly." correct and natural? That is, can "warmly" be used to describe "shine"?

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There's nothing wrong with warmly but shined is wrong. You can say: He shined/polished my shoes. But: The sun shone warmly.

— Cool Breeze

  • There's nothing wrong with warmly but shined is wrong.
  • You can say: He shined/polished my shoes.
  • But: The sun shone warmly.
  • CB
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There's nothing wrong with warmly but shined is wrong. You can say: He shined/polished my shoes. But: The sun shone warmly.

CB
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Yes, people use shonefor the sun Emotion: smile

The sun shone warmly through the trees.
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I agree with CoolBreeze - I don't think that you can use "shined" for the sun - "shone" is the correct past tense.
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I HAVE CHECKED MY DICTIONARY BEFORE SUBMITTING THIS

Yolanda,

I agree with the other posters.

Please remember that the past is "shined" when you use the

verb in a transitive manner. That is, when you have an object:

I shined my shoes. / My shoes were shined.

The police officer shined a light on the bad gu
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Sorry for my delayed reply. Thank you, CB!
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Sorry for my delayed reply. Thank you, Louise!
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Sorry for my delayed reply. Thank you, Gigilian!
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