Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

rain or rains

English answer:

rain

Added to glossary by jerrie
May 29, 2003 12:09
21 yrs ago
English term

rain or rains

Non-PRO English Other
Officers told that flood occured in the river due to about 140 cms. *rain* / *rains* here two days ago.

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Officers explained (told us) that the river flooded due to rain...

(rainfall) of approx 140 cm 2 days ago.

Officers told us that 2 days ago there had been approximately 140 cm of rain (rainfall) here, causing the river to flood.

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Note added at 2003-05-29 12:19:14 (GMT)
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140 cm of rain


Sorry, in rewriting sentence, didn\'t really clarify.

rain - noun
to rain (it rains) - verb
Peer comment(s):

agree Enza Longo : definitely rain - the sentence is in very bad English
5 mins
agree Jacqueline van der Spek
5 mins
Thanks
agree RHELLER : I like rainfall of approx 140 cm - but wouldn't you put a comma after the 140 cm?
5 mins
agree writeaway : one point-and you're helping someone edit their text. How insulting can it get? My vote for banning this kind of semi-anonymous asker.
2 hrs
agree David Moore (X) : agree with writeaway too....
2 hrs
agree Ino66 (X)
3 hrs
agree Kim Metzger : Moderator's note: I can't contact RC now because the question's been closed, but she/he'll be contacted next time before grading.
7 hrs
agree airmailrpl
12 hrs
agree Bin Zhang
16 hrs
agree J. Leo (X)
3 days 20 hrs
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