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Minhuoc Posted 20 years ago
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set in

0Is the sentence right?02br
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00"The rain seems to set in for the evening."02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 00'To set in' for weather means 'begin, and seem likely to continue'. 02br 02br 00The sentence is correct. However, the present tense is uncommon for this kind of statement.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 00'To set in' for weather means 'begin, and seem likely to continue'.
  • 02br 02br 00The sentence is correct.
  • However, the present tense is uncommon for this kind of statement.
  • More common would be 01font 00The rain seems 01i 00to have set in02i 00 for the evening.
  • 02font 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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00'To set in' for weather means 'begin, and seem likely to continue'. You also often hear 'to 01i00settle 02i00in'.02br
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00The sentence is correct. However, the present tense is uncommon for this kind of statement. More common would be 01font00The rain seems 01i00to have set
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0What does settle in mean?02br
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00Can I use it correctly?02br
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00I arrived in Japan a week ago, and I have already settled in. 02br
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00In these two sentences, what does settled in mean?02br
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0Hello Shirley02br
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001. The extremely cold weather settled in.02br
002. I arrived in Japan a week ago, and I have already settled in.02br
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00"Settle in" in 1 means "become to be a steady state"02br
00"Settle in" in 2 means "become stable in one's new environment".02br
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00paco0-
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0Thank you for your kind help.02br
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00Can I write like this:02br
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00"The rain seems to set in every evening"02br
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00Thanks.0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Yes, that's fine.02br
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00Clive0-
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