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Old 15-May-2008, 23:41
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Default Re: there will be a heavy rain tomorrow

Rain can be countable when it's short for rainfall/rainstorm, e.g.,
"During a heavy rain, the pipes may get too full and start to overflow...";
"There was a heavy rain in the spring of 1992."

What sounds strange about "there will be a heavy rain tomorrow" perhaps lies in the future tense -- the forecast of only one rainfall.
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