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Sundarnaz Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Raining / to rained

It began to rain.

I know the sentence is correct. But can I use 'raining'? If not, why?

Thanks.

  

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Yes, you can.

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Study this page:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_catenative_verbs

Find "begin" on the list.


I never use the present participle, even though it is grammatically ok. Apparently, I am not alone.

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