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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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difference in meaning between ''It is raining outside.'' and ''There is''.

1font00What is the difference in meaning between 1 and 1a, 2 and 2a?02font02br
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01font01b001:02b00 It is raining outside.02font02br
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01font01b001a:02b00 There is rain outside.02font02br
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01font01b002:02b00 It is hot out there.02font02br
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01font01b002a:02b00 There is hot out there.02font0-
  

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0 The difference, if you ask me, is that sentences 1a and 2a are not idiomatic. Number 2a, especially, sounds awfully wrong to me (if that's anything to go by). 0-

— Conchita57

  • 0 The difference, if you ask me, is that sentences 1a and 2a are not idiomatic.
  • Number 2a, especially, sounds awfully wrong to me (if that's anything to go by).
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0 The difference, if you ask me, is that sentences 1a and 2a are not idiomatic. Number 2a, especially, sounds awfully wrong to me (if that's anything to go by). 0-
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0Hi guys,02br
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01font00Number 2a, especially, sounds awfully wrong to me (if that's anything to go by). 02font00You're right. That's because 'hot' is an adjective'. The noun is 'heat', although you might say 'hotness'.02br
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01font00It seems a little redundant to say 'It's raining 0
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01cite10Clive12cite11font10It seems a little redundant to say 'It's raining 11b10outside12b10', unless you think it might be raining10 12font11b10inside. 15012b12br
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0Hi again,02br
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00Actually, it's not unusual to hear people say 'It's raining outside'.05002br
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00Best wishes, Clive010id1
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01cite10Clive12cite10Actually, it's not unusual to hear people say 'It's raining outside'.15012br
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10Cool, I'm glad you all say the same, thanks 051010id111id1
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11font10It seems a little redundant to say 'It's raining 11b10outside12b10', unless you think it might be raining10 12font11b10inside. 15012b12br
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite11blockquote
11cite20Clive22cite21font20It seems a little redundant to say 'It's raining 21b20outside22b20', unless you think it might be raining20 22font21b20inside. 25022b22br
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0Hi Jackson,02br
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01font00It seems a little redundant to say 'It's raining 01b00outside02b00', unless you think it might be raining 01b00inside.02b02font02br
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00I'm not sure how to explain this any better. Do you think that it can rain inside?02br
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01cite10Clive12cite10Hi Jackson,12br
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11font10It seems a little redundant to say 'It's raining 11b10outside12b10', 12font11font10unless you think it might be raining 11b10inside.12b12font12br
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01cite10Clive12cite10Hi Jackson,12br
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11font10It seems a little redundant to say 'It's raining 11b10outside12b10', unless you think it might be raining 11b10inside.12b12font12br
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10I'm not sure how to explain thi
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