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Re: Sunflowers
Andrew Heenan (fire@will.com) 2008/07/17 18:09

"CDB" <bellemarec@sympatico.ca> wrote ...
> Since you have typed "The Sunflowers" in bold and with initial capitals,
> you are presumably referring to the painting.  The painting is; *The
> Sunflowers* is.  You might also, in discussing the painting, assert that
> "The sunflowers are Van Gogh's." (The vase is his brother's.)

You could also argue that "The Sunflowers are Van Gogh's", referring to the
several different paintings he produced with that name!



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