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Angliholic Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Iron window grates/bars/rungs

We're experiencing the typhoon Morak right now. Last night it brought torrential rains and left so many pretty pearly raindrops hanging down from my iron window grates/bars/rungs.

Hi,

Do grates, bars, and rungs all fit in the above and mean about the same to you?

The above is what I wrote to record the pretty raindrop pearls in English. Correct me if there is anything that doesn't sound good. Thanks.
  

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"bars" would work, but it sounds a bit like a prison. "grate" (singular) might work. "rungs" doesn't seem right.

— Mr Wordy

  • "bars" would work, but it sounds a bit like a prison.
  • "grate" (singular) might work.
  • "rungs" doesn't seem right.
  • Another word to consider, which might be more suitable, is "grille" (also spelled "grill").
  • q=window+grille I would say "typhoon Morak", not "the typhoon Morak".
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"bars" would work, but it sounds a bit like a prison. "grate" (singular) might work. "rungs" doesn't seem right.

Another word to consider, which might be more suitable, is "grille" (also spelled "grill"). See:

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Thanks, Mr Wordy.

Actually, it's "rain dews" rather than "raindrops" that are hanging down from my window grills. Does "rain dews" make sense to you? Thanks again.
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"dew" is normally uncountable, so it would have to be "rain dew", but this doesn't make any sense to me. "dew" is water that condenses onto a surface directly out of the air, typically in the early morning. It doesn't fall as rain. There's no problem with "raindrops" -- it's just that "hanging down from a window grille/grate" does not seem to be something that raindrops could physically do.
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