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Originally Posted by joham  I read in Oxford 'there will be heavy rain tomorrow'. I thought this sentence would be used in weather forecast. In spoken English native speakers would say 'there's going to be heavy rain tomorrow'. Am I right? And do you also say 'there will be a heavy rain tomorrow'? (Some of my net friends insist that we can use 'a' here.)
Thank you in advance. |
Hi joham,
"Rain" is a collective noun, you can say "There will be
a heavy rainstorm tomorrow". or "
A heavy fall of rain". It is not correct to say "
a heavy rain tomorrow".
