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'It looks like rain' vs 'It looks like raining'



 
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'It looks like rain' vs 'It looks like raining' #1 (permalink) Tue May 23, 2006 19:35 pm   'It looks like rain' vs 'It looks like raining'
 

Hi,

Can you tell me which one is correct?

* It looks like rain.
* It looks like raining.

Is there any difference of meaning?

Thanks a lot

Santana
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'It looks like rain' vs 'It looks like raining' #2 (permalink) Tue May 23, 2006 19:48 pm   'It looks like rain' vs 'It looks like raining'
 

Hi Santana

"It looks like rain" is the correct one and it would have the same meaning as "It looks like it's going to rain."

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'It looks like rain' vs 'It looks like raining' #3 (permalink) Tue May 23, 2006 20:02 pm   'It looks like rain' vs 'It looks like raining'
 

Thanks:

But, Amy , if we look at some artificial huge shower and we want to compare it with rain, i.e, "it seems is if it is raining" then the sentence would be correct or not?

*IT LOOKS LIKE RAINING

PLEASE REPLY

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'It looks like rain' vs 'It looks like raining' #4 (permalink) Tue May 23, 2006 21:58 pm   'It looks like rain' vs 'It looks like raining'
 

Hi Santana

I was afraid you might have some tricky meaning up your sleeve... ;)

But, I still don't like the "It looks like raining" sentence.

If I wanted to describe a huge, artificial shower, then I would say:
"It looks (just) like rain"
-- or --
"It looks (just) like it's raining."

OR if it's an extremely gigantic artificial shower, maybe:
"It looks exactly like a massive cloudburst." :wink:

Amy
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