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[stephen.shen]

Thanks for your help.

[Mister Micawber]

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A raining day is unnatural English to me.
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[varekai_]

rainy is an adjective, while raining is a gerund (something must be DOING something). "ing" words (gerunds) require a verb.

So, we say "It's a rainy day" or, "It IS rainING today".