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Daria
Hello everyone!
I stumbled upon this phrase: "hot Georgia suns". I can't understand why "suns". Is it a plural form of "sun"? And why is it plural? it's one unique object, isn't it?
Please help me! I can find nothing about this.
8 de mai de 2025 15:04
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This is from Gone with the Wind. It's just the author's style choice. It does sound much better than the more ordinary 'hot Georgia sun'. The plural 'suns' has a symmetry with the plural 'veils' and 'mittens' before it. And the plural means 'the' is unnecessary. This choice just sounds nicer even though it's not standard.
8 de mai de 2025 19:38
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Hi Darla,
I am from the southern US and have definitely heard references to the "hot Georgia sun". If the phrase was written, I am wondering if it was a typo (mistake). I have never heard sun in the plural. I hope this helps. :)
8 de mai de 2025 16:58
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sun может быть в множественном в научной фантастике
если у планеты несколько "солнц"
но
здесь имеется в виду больше солнечные дни
или солнечный свет
например
солнечные свет утром, потом облака, потом днём свет, потом опять облака потом шикарный вечерний закат солнца -- по-русски мы не скажем "солнечные светы", но чтобы как-то это выразить автор выбрала через suns
9 de mai de 2025 08:48
1
Claire has explained it perfectly. It's very unlikely you'll encounter this sort of construction very often, but in certain types of writing and poetry, interesting/non-standard things can happen.
9 de mai de 2025 05:14
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Hello,
I’m a native English speaker. I’ve never heard this expression before but I can tell you that the only time there is a reason to use the word “suns” is if you’re talking about planets that have multiple suns.
As you know, Earth has one sun. But there are a few planets that have two or more suns.
Hope this helps. ☺️
8 de mai de 2025 15:29
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Daria
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Inglês, Alemão, Japonês, Russo
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