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Old 11-10-2006, 08:57 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Thanks for the explanation. I also found this succinct explanation at the Japanese Wikibook:

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The difference between は and が is a matter of focus: は gives focus to the action of the sentence, i.e., the verb or adjective, whereas が gives focus to the subject of the action.

Very often the grammatical subject may also be the topic. In this case, は normally replaces が.
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