Syria's former patron, the Soviet Union, is dead.
The soviet union is gone.
The soviet union still exists.
Multiple texts authored by Ayn Rand
People are skating on the pond.
The main provincial centres are Ein Hod (near Haifa), Safed, and Jaffa.
The men are asking for directions.
A person wearing shorts looks down.
My boss wouldn't pay for a course I wanted to take.