Can "rain" be a countable noun ?

0 In the passage above rain is used as a verb, and I would say that (in BrEm; I can't vouch for AmE) that the noun rain would not be countable. 02br
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00You WOULDN'T say 'a few rains' 02br
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00Instead you would say 'a few DROPS of rain' 02br
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00'Few instants of rain' is more time specific than numeric. 0-

0 I'd say "some" rain. 02br
00But on the other hand you can say "the rain we had yesterday detroyed my orchids" 0-

0 "They say it never rains in LA County 02br
00But it gets cold enough to wish you had a few" 02br
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00These are song lyrics, so it's hard to say for sure what the writer had in mind - but my instinct tells me that the "few" does NOT refer to rain at all. Why would you wish for rain when it gets cold? In AmE, "have a few" usually means "have a few drinks,"

0 Thanks, khoff. 0-

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0 Hello CalifJim, 02br
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00I have viewed the post. I took it that you can use "rains" to describe episodes or instances of rain, so "rain" can grammatically be a countable noun. Am I correct ? 0-

0 Yes, you are correct. 'rain' can be countable, even though 98% of the time it's used as non-countable. (But, as already established, "a few" refers to drinks in the original post.) 02br
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