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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

it rains

Hi,

Which of the following sentences are okay?

(1) If the clouds look like they will rain hard soon, then you can say there is an angry sky.
(2) If the clouds look like it will rain hard soon, then you can say there is an angry sky.
(3) If the cloud looks like it will rain hard soon, then you can say there is an angry sky.
(4) If the sky looks like it will rain hard soon, then you can say this is an angry sky.

thank you!

mus-te
  

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If it looks like it will rain hard soon, then you can say there is an angry sky / the sky is angry.

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  • If it looks like it will rain hard soon, then you can say there is an angry sky / the sky is angry.
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If it looks like it will rain hard soon, then you can say there is an angry sky / the sky is angry.
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What is wrong with (1)? This is the original sentence (taken from a British Council lesson), and I thought it would look just fine to native speakers?...

The other three versions, (2) through (4) are mine ...
Aspara GusIf it looks like it will rain hard soon, then you can say there is an angry sky / the sky is angry.
thank you for your 'refined' versio
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It was just a suggestion. Nothing is wrong with them. It's just that we usually say it is raining, not the sky or the clouds.
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Aspara Guswe usually say it is raining, not the sky or the clouds.
EXACTLY!!!
That's why I decided to post this query.... I just wanted to figure out whether it was 'normal' to replace the preposition 'it' by a specific noun... Now I see that this construct "[a specific noun] will rain" seems to grate on your eyes too :-)

Thanks for your help with
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