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  1. They made their wishes watching the sunrise.
  2. They made their wishes watching sunrise.

Which one is correct? Do we have to put 'the' before 'sunrise' or not?

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  • Do you mean "They made their wishes (come true) watching the sunrise."? We usually don't "make wishes" in this manner.
    – user3169
    Commented Oct 31, 2018 at 4:58

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  1. "They made their wishes watching the sunrise."

is correct. Also correct:

They made their wishes watching a beautiful winter sunrise.

Also correct, with a slightly different parsing:

They made their wishes watching the sun rise.

Incorrect: the version without an article.

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