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Voytaszek Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Why the indefinite article here?

On a bright morning six days later, she came to a place where the Trident began to widen out and the air smelled more of salt than trees.


Since the author meant a concrete morning.

  

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The adjective 'bright' brings on the article. Any other adjective would have had the same effect: I went out on a foggy afternoon. There are countless cases in which an indefinite article is used because of an adjective .

  • The adjective 'bright' brings on the article.
  • Any other adjective would have had the same effect: I went out on a foggy afternoon.
  • There are countless cases in which an indefinite article is used because of an adjective .
  • Birds were flying in the sky.
  • Birds were flying in a blue sky.
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The adjective 'bright' brings on the article. Any other adjective would have had the same effect: I went out on a foggy afternoon. There are countless cases in which an indefinite article is used because of an adjective.

Birds were flying in the sky.

Birds were flying in a blue

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