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Yusra Hashim Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Grammar

The differences between these lines.

1) I don't like it raining - i heard it in a movie, said by a native speaker.

2) I don't like it is raining.

3) I don't like it rains.

I just think about point 2 and 3 that they look gramatically correct but i am not sure about the tenses.
  

Top answer

I use this way : I don't like it . It is raining. I don't like when it rains.

— Suket

  • I use this way : I don't like it .
  • It is raining.
  • I don't like when it rains.
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I use this way :

I don't like it . It is raining.

I don't like when it rains.
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I don't like it's raining.
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Hi,

Of these three, only #1 is a natural thing to say.

Clive
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hi clive, i know that #1 sounds natural but i want a clarification about the rule, i mean grammar rules such as why there is no auxiliary verb after 'it'. as far as i understand it maybe a participial phrase, 'it raining' is present participial which is like

1)( I don't like) (it raining). it raining is present participial phrase. It doesn't represent tenses. It is just something y
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2. i dont like it when its raining

3.i dont like it when it rains.
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