NP but John Le Carre

[Arthur Fuller]

Sun shone. End of my argument. The "The" lends no weight to the sentence.

On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 5:29 PM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> 'The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.' hehe
>
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 5:19 PM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> Long ago, I made  a policy, applicable only to myself: never read a book
>> whose opening sentence beins with "The." Any writer worth his or her salt
>> knows better.
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Arthur