Are these acceptable rain expressions?

[mugiallan@yahoo.co.uk]

We recently had an argument in office...at first i thought it was obvious but many people did not seem to understand this.

Is it right to say "it is falling outside" referring to rain? i thought it is quite obvious that it should be ''The rain is falling outside" or simply "it is raining outside"

The argument is that when you say "it is falling outside" it is quite obvious that nothing else apart from rain will be assumed to be falling.

mugiallan

[mugiallan]

I think It is okay to say "it is falling outside'' although grammatically, ''it is raining'' or "the rain is falling" is more acceptable.

[Alan]

Hi,

I think if someone said: It's falling, it would seem a little strange unless someone had previously asked: Is it raining? and then you could say: It's falling or It's absolutely falling down. At the same time it's an odd sounding expression to me. I would prefer: It's tipping down.

Just some thoughts

Alan
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