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 wugi to All 
 Re: Grammatically Correct: "Demain, il f 
 07 Apr 24 22:23:23 
 
XPost: alt.usage.english, alt.english.usage
From: wugi@brol.invalid

Op 4/04/2024 om 8:51 schreef HenHanna:
>
>
> Do we have this in English?  -- an article is omitted in a proverb?
>
>                      ( i know this is common in
Newspaper  Headings.)
>
> ______________________
>
>   In the common saying "demain il fera jour," the article "le" is indeed
> omitted.
>
> (...)

Il fait jour. Il fait nuit. Jour et nuit.
It's daytime. It's night. Day and night.

Articles???

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