English-teacher
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No, you can't say that. There are, however, plenty of ways to talk about rain. You can have
- a driving rain
a mist
a drizzle
it coming down in sheets
it pouring down
it coming down in buckets
it raining cats and dogs
That's good for now.
A student of mine referred me to this post after I corrected his work.
The above is totally incorrect.
You cannot have "a drizzle" anymore than you can have "a rain". It is simply drizzle or rain.
Also The "it coming down " and "it pouring" is appalling English. It should "it is coming . . . " or "it is pouring . . . " or "it is raining . . . "