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Mowgli Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
it versus X there
Hello,
how do you like this sentence?:
In the afternoon it was good weather.
(I would say: In the afternoon there was good weather. Or: In the afternoon was good weather.)
Thank you Mowgli
how do you like this sentence?:
In the afternoon it was good weather.
(I would say: In the afternoon there was good weather. Or: In the afternoon was good weather.)
Thank you Mowgli
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Hi Mowgli, In the afternoon it was good weather. Yes, fine Or: In the afternoon was good weather. No) If you said this in speech, it would sound OK to me.
- Hi Mowgli, In the afternoon it was good weather.
- Yes, fine Or: In the afternoon was good weather.
- No) If you said this in speech, it would sound OK to me.
- However, when you write it down and I look at it carefully, it seems a little odd.
- As you know, we use 'it' in a general way to talk about weather, temperature.
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Hi Mowgli,
In the afternoon it was good weather.
(I would say: In the afternoon there was good weather.Yes, fine Or: In the afternoon was good weather. No)
If you said this in speech, it would sound OK to me. However, when you write it down and I look at it carefully, it seems a little odd.
As you know, w
In the afternoon it was good weather.
(I would say: In the afternoon there was good weather.Yes, fine Or: In the afternoon was good weather. No)
If you said this in speech, it would sound OK to me. However, when you write it down and I look at it carefully, it seems a little odd.
As you know, w
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We had a very nice weather in the afternoon?
No. You'd have to leave out the "a". "weather" is a non-count noun.
We had very nice weather in the afternoon.
The weather was very nice in the afternoon.
As far as weather was concerned, we had a very nice afternoon.
We had a very nice afternoon, weather-wise.
CJ
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