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What is the difference between I can see the sun shining. and I can see the shining sun. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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In the first sentence, more focus is on, "shining."
In the second sentence, more focus is on the, "sun."
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They mean the same thing . The sentence is just worded differently .
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