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  1. 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 …

  2. 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' …

  3. Are the words "snowy", "icy", and "rainy" used differently than the ...

    Mar 29, 2022 · It is perfectly idiomatic to say “it is rainy” to mean “it is raining” and vice versa, m.m., the same for snowy, icy, etc. It is not necessary for snow or ice to accumulate to use these descriptions …

  4. 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 …

  5. 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 …

  6. "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?

  7. 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.

  8. 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?

  9. "I don't like it when it is rainy." VS "I don't like it raining."

    Jun 3, 2023 · Rainy as an adjective, indicates such as the 'rainy season' - which isn't continuous rain. Raining is what is happening - 'it's raining', or 'it was raining an hour ago', for example.

  10. grammar - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    Jun 16, 2015 · The original Poster wants to say they won't go to the park in rainy weather. They are using a sentence with if to talk about the future. If they have seen the weather forecast they can say: …