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Aditileo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Which of the following idiom is correct using "rain"?
when it rains, it pours
or
it never rains but it pours.
which of these is correct?
or
it never rains but it pours.
which of these is correct?
Top answer
It never rains but it pours.
- It never rains but it pours.
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The first is the modern version that I'm used to hearing. The second is the old standard version that you never hear around here, but I believe it is current in England. That use of "but" to mean "without the result that" does not exist in my dialect, or indeed in American English, as far as I can tell.
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