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Feb 10, 2018 · Rain is wet. Rain causes flooding. Rain enables plants to grow. The above are referring to rain in general. The rain has stopped. The rain is heavier now than earlier. The rain in South Africa is inadequate for current needs. The above refer to specific instances of rain - implicitly or explicitly.
Mar 16, 2011 · English, USA. Mar 16, 2011. #6. entangledbank said: 'Rains' refers to a season or period in which rain is usual: The harvest failed because the rains arrived late. I agree. It can also refer to a series of bouts of rain. "The rains over the last three weeks have saturated the soil and local officials are worried about mudslides." This implies ...
Rain二话不说地拒绝了：年纪都这么大了，我要在家睡觉，你也快休息吧，不是20年前了，别说这些，下次再联络，向大嫂问好，之后果断挂了电话。 如果他不够自律，也许至今依然活跃在荧幕前，对家人的陪伴和责任就会变少，工作赚钱也会成为他不回家的理由。
Jan 13, 2017 · I don't think so, but it's rare to hear the very definite statements "it will rain" or "it is going to rain." Weather forecasters usually talk about possibility or likelihood of rain. There is a 90% chance of rain in the afternoon. We will have high winds and a probably rain in the morning, but it should clear by mid-afternoon. And the rest of ...
Jan 11, 2009 · Russian. Jan 11, 2009. #3. In my native language when someone walks when it rains, he/she goes " under the rain". But I've never heard this expression in english and it sounds pretty weird. However when it snows and someone walks, we say he/she goes "in the snow".
May 22, 2013 · Beryl from Northallerton said: I'm with Kate on this. If there is a difference (and I suspect that there is) between [subject + verb + 'rain'] and [subject + verb + 'the rain'], then it's a highly illusive difference. However, it's not the standard difference between definite and indefinite. To me the difference is quite real, but for some ...
Jul 1, 2021 · AmericanAbroad said: When you put an article, "a" before rain, then it seems to be referring to the rain as an event which took place and ended. It was a heavy rain we had yesterday, or this morning, or just now. Without the article, "what heavy rain" sounds to me like an exclamation you would make while the rain was occurring.
Feb 19, 2017 · Feb 19, 2017. #5. Dickens described the rain in a storm as "rush and roar" both onomatopoieic for heavy rain and wind - pitter-patter is gentler. What kind of rain did you have in mind? I'm currently listening to pitter-patter but a couple of days ago here in the San Francisco area, it was rushing and roaring.
Mar 16, 2018 · Hi,there. I came across this sentence in somewhere untrustworthy: It's pouring down raining? As far as I know, It's natural to say "It's pouring rain" in American English and "It's pouring with rain" in British English. Is it possible to say "It's pouring down raining"? I think it's wrong...
Apr 28, 2007 · Senior Member. Japan & US, Japanese & English. Apr 28, 2007. #10. "it looks like rain": it is already raining...or is going to very soon. "it looks like it's going to rain": it looks like it will rain. there isn't much difference between the two but i think people use the second more.
