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dido4



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:37 pm    Post subject: will be rain Reply with quote

The following sentences are going to express that we may have rain tomorrow.

Are these sentences right? If not, why? How to rewrite?

1.There will rain tomorrow.
2.It will rainstomorrow.
3.It will rain tomorrow.
4.It will be rain tomorrow.
5.It might be rain tomorrow.
6.It might have rain tomorrow.


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CP



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

1.There will rain tomorrow. OK, but it doesn't say that it may rain tomorrow; rather, that rain will come tomorrow. Same for 2, 3, and 4.
2.It will rainstomorrow. --> It will rain tomorrow.
3.It will rain tomorrow. OK.
4.It will be rain tomorrow. --> There will be rain tomorrow. It will be raining tomorrow. It will be rainy tomorrow.
5.It might be rain tomorrow. --> It might rain tomorrow. There might be rain tomorrow.
6.It might have rain tomorrow. --> We might have rain tomorrow.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

1.Do these 2 have same meaning? if the second one is right.

There will be rain tomorrow.
There will rain tomorrow.

2.Is the the sentence right? Because we only have There is/are... That's what I know.(Maybe I am wrong. But i wanna figure out why.)
-->There will rain tomorrow.(I don't know why it is right. we only have There is/are... )

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No, you can't say, "There will rain tomorrow." It's either "There will be rain tomorrow" or "It will rain tomorrow."
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