
word usage - "It is raining" or "it is rainy"? - English Language ...
To describe what is actually happening right now, you use the verb form: It is raining. To describe the sort of day it is, you use the adjective form: Today is a rainy day. In your first sentence, either rainy or …
word usage - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
To talk about the weather, we idiomatically use "it". It's raining (now) Yesterday it was raining all day. Yesterday it rained (at least once) To talk about the type of weather you might use "rainy". It is rainy …
is it correct to say "today is rainy" or it is "today, it's rainy"?
The reason is that in the first sentence, "today is rainy", today is the object being described directly, so you don't need the pronoun 'it'. In the second however, there is a comma so after the comma, the 'it' …
Are "It is rainy now" and "it is raining now" the same? Also what is ...
Jan 12, 2020 · So, it seems like " it is rainy now " means " it is raining a lot now ". Ok, let say, we look out through the window, and the rain is falling from the sky, and the rain is light not too heavy or a lot.
"It was raining" vs. "It rained" -- When to use which one?
Do the sentence "It was raining" and the sentence "It rained" mean the same thing? Another example: "I walked to the park" vs. "I was walking to the park" mean the same thing? When to use which?
grammar - ON a rainy day or FOR a rainy day? - English Language ...
Jun 17, 2020 · What are the best foods to have on a rainy day? What are the best foods to have for a rainy day? Which preposition would be appropriate here?
word order - "Today is rainy" Vs. "It's rainy today." - English ...
Is it correct to say " Today is rainy" (or " Tomorrow will be frost.")? Normally I mention the time-expression in the end of the sentences as I was taught in past. For example: It is rainy today. It will …
grammar - Is "If it is rain tomorrow" incorrect? - English Language ...
Jun 16, 2015 · I would have corrected the first example simply by adding an -y. "If it is rainy (sunny, windy, cloudy etc.) tomorrow" sounds grammatical to me.
"Except for us" or "Except us" - English Language Learners Stack …
Feb 24, 2014 · You also use except for at the beginning of a sentence: 3a. Except for me, everyone got to eat cake. 3b. *Except me, everyone got to eat cake. But you typically use except before a …
word usage - 'rainfall' vs. 'rains' vs. 'rain' - English Language ...
" His cloak was wet due to the heavy rainfall/rains/rain " I agree with @AricFowler the definite article " the " is optional here. All the three words rainfall/rains/rain are actually synonyms. Notice that in …