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Zhossain Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Natural Phenomenons

Hi,

Something stuck in my head , and I can not get rid of it. So, I thought I should come here and ask you people to help me understand it properly.

The thing I am stuck with is: how do we use the word 'show up' for non living things? Like for example we can say ' thanks for showing up or swing by' to someone.But how do we put it for natural phenomenons -such as lightning , rainbow or aurora ?

Do we say like the followings?

Auroras do not present /show themselves to us everyday.

Plz help me out.

Thanks
  

Top answer

We'd commonly say eg We/you don't see lightning every day.

— Clive

  • We'd commonly say eg We/you don't see lightning every day.
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We'd commonly say
eg We/you don't see lightning every day.
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zhossainDo we say things like the following?
No, but you can say this:

Auroras don't [occur / happen] everyday.

CJ
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Thank you so much CJ and clive.

The word I was looking for is 'occur'

Thanks again .

If it is not to much trouble, can explain the use of Unlike to me? I am really confused with it's use in a sentence sometimes.Especially when two forms of negation are used in the same sentence.

For instance in the following cases ,

a)Unlike their northern counterpart
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A rainbow appeared after the storm.
Lightning was visible in the clouds. Lightning struck the ground several times.
An aurora was on display last night. An aurora shimmered throughout the evening hours.
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zhossaina) unlike John, I don't smoke. b) unlike John, I smoke
Unlike John = opposite of what John is or does
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