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moonlight is light from the moon
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moonlight is light from the moon
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Dear teachers, I desperately need you help. In one american textbook I have found - Moonlight is light from the moon. Just there I read - Sunlight is THE light of the sun. Is there explanation for that? Thanks in advance.
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13 Nov 2018
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yanogator
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Both moonlight and sunlight can be called "light" or "the light", but that isn �t quite what is going on here. Notice the difference in the preposition - "from the moon" and "of the sun". Since the moon �s light is reflected, we can �t really say "the light of the moon", but we can say "the light of the sun", and "the" is necessary in that expression. I hope this clears it up for you. Bruce |
13 Nov 2018
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yanogator
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I just re-read my reply and have to add something. We can say "by the light of the moon" (because there is an old American song By the Light of the Silvery Moon) because here it means the light from the moon. We can also sit in the moonlight, or in the light of the moon (for the same reason). Prepositions are complicated! Bruce |
13 Nov 2018
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Thank you very much, Bruce. I presumed that it depends on the prepositions. Now I �m certain. The point is that now I can show my sts your answer and they will be glad their teacher was right. :))) |
14 Nov 2018
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