___ setting sun looks bigger, too.

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Teo

#297395 Sat, 25 Nov 06 01:39 AM

The rising sun looks bigger. ___ setting sun looks bigger, too.
Which article should I use to fill in the above blank, the or a?

Teo

Joined on Tue, Sep 28 2004

Taiwan

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Thank you very much for your reply.

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Mister Micawber

#297403 Sat, 25 Nov 06 02:02 AM

Either will work. I would use the for style (consistency).

Mister Micawber

Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004

Yokohama

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'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

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MrPedantic

#297404 Sat, 25 Nov 06 02:04 AM

Hello Teo

Normally, "the". But for effect, you could use "a": what is countable then is the occurrence of the phenomenon "the sun setting", rather than the sun itself.

Alternatively, some readers might envisage other suns in other solar systems.

MrP

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...opella forensis / adducit febris...