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Taka Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

concession

Rainy as it was, the street wasn't wet.

Does the sentence above sound natural to you native speakers?
  

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As an honest response, yes. I recognize that the street is not rainy , however.

— Mister Micawber

  • As an honest response, yes.
  • I recognize that the street is not rainy , however.
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As an honest response, yes. I recognize that the street is not rainy, however.
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Natural yet mysterious.

MrP
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We're in the twilight zone.
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Nona The BritWe're in the twilight zone.
Emotion: big smile Right.
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While can have two meanings - one meaning "during the time that" and the other being "although." I read #2 (at first) as saying "During the time it was raining" and realized that it wasn't what you meant. You could subsitute "although" for "while" and it would make sense.
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Taka(1) Rainy as it was, the street wasn't wet.
(2)While it was rainy, the street wasn't wet.


I don't find either unnatural; the first seems to convey a sense of "relishing" the rain, though I'm not sure I could explain why.

MrP
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MrPedantic...the first seems to convey a sense of "relishing" the rain, though I'm not sure I could explain why.

MrP

Maybe because...
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Emotion: tongue tied

And I thought that kind of thing was urban myth...
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Rainy as it was, the street wasn't wet.

The sentence would be natural in literary discourse. You might encounter this structure in a poem. Example:

Rainy as it was, the street wasn't wet.

The queen of rain herself

Was astonished and full of regret.
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MrPedanticI don't find either unnatural

Really? I mean, as a strong concession both sound natural?

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