moisture

0Hi,02br
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01i01font00I feel some moisture in the corridor, so it must be rain01font01b01del00n02del02b02font00ing outside.02font02i02br
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01font00Is my sentence correct?02font02br

0Thanks, Clive. 02br
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00Got it! 01blockquote

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10Yes, but I think your roof is leaking.15012br
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10Good guess.051030srchttp://www.EnglishForward.com/emoticons/emotion-4.gif11id1

0 Logic isn't perfect: you may feel the moisture while the rain has passed. 0-

0Oh, I see what you mean.02br
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00Thanks, Marius.0-

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11i10I feel some moisture in the corridor, so 11u10it must be raining outside.12u12i12br
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10Can I say, 01i01b00'I fee some moisture in the corridor, so outside must be raining.'02b02i02

1b01i00'I fee some moisture in the corridor, so outside must be raining.'02i02b02br
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00'I 01b00feel02b00 some moisture in the corridor, so 01b00it must be raining outside02b00.'0-

0I thought outside can work as a noun and makes the sentence grammatical, but now I recognize it doesn't.02br
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00Thus my first thought has been correct.02br
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00Thanks, YL.0-

0I have heard "inside" used as a subject though, at least I think so02br
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00Superman, inside the crystal is your mother's soul0-

0Hi guys,02br
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00Yes, 'inside' and 'outside' can be used as nouns.02br
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00However, the problem with 'Outside is raining' is that it is not 'outside' that is performing the action. When we say 'it' in 'it is raining', we mean 'the weather', and we accept the idea that the weather is performing the action.02br
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00So, say 'Ou

0Thank you so much, Clive.02br
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00I understand perfectly.0-