Either way the sentence is correct. The sun gives light to a sprout. The sun gives light to the sprout. The difference between the two sentences is that the first sentence is talking about a single sprout but not an specific, single sprout. The second sentence would be talking about a specific, single sprout.

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Exactly both are correct but a sprout refers to general sprouts and the sprout refers to a specific sprout, there is only one .