Is that possible?
Hello
I have a little problem with this exercise:
I have to decide wheter I have to use "する" or "なる" and the sentence begins with: セーターを長く洗いました。セーターは... (小さい). I'm a little confused here because normally I would answer it with:
"セーター !が! 小さくなりました。" , can you also say "セーター !は! 小さくなりました"? My teaching material is not really clear about that.
Thanks for the help.

Question

Is that possible?
Hello
I have a little problem with this exercise:
I have to decide wheter I have to use "する" or "なる" and the sentence begins with: セーターを長く洗いました。セーターは... (小さい). I'm a little confused here because normally I would answer it with: 
"セーター !が! 小さくなりました。" , can you also say "セーター !は! 小さくなりました"? My teaching material is not really clear about that.
Thanks for the help.

Answer

が could also be used for emhphasis. If you use が you're implying that other things didn't get smaller, and that the sweater was what got smaller, instead of は saying the sweater got smaller. Both can be used though.

Answer

Hello :)

Wa would seem to be the correct one, but I don't know for sure if it is the case that you CAN'T use ga.  However I'm pretty sure that wa is the preferred choice.  I'm learning japanese myself, and am therefore not a master, so I'm basing my answer off of the info provided here: 

http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa051301a.htm

(Second section called "Basic Differences Between Ga and Wa").  In your question, the sweater, when it becomes small, is not being introduce to the story, so it would use 'wa'.

I hope that is sufficient.  Good day.

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