It doesn't snow here.
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It doesn't snow in New Delhi. (Correct.)
We don't have snow in New Delhi. (Correct.)
But the last one, "Are you having snow in the USA?" is strange and unnatural.
I can think of two interpretations:
1. "Do you have snow in the USA?" or "Does it snow in the USA?"
2. "Is it snowing in the USA (right now)?"
We don't have snow in New Delhi. (Correct.)
But the last one, "Are you having snow in the USA?" is strange and unnatural.
I can think of two interpretations:
1. "Do you have snow in the USA?" or "Does it snow in the USA?"
2. "Is it snowing in the USA (right now)?"
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This is a more complicated question than it seems.
I lived in Maine. We had snow cover for many months in a row.
If you ask, "Is it snowing?" you mean "Right now, are there snow flake falling from the sky?"
That's not the same as "Is there snow on the ground right now?" The idiomatic way to ask about that can vary. "Do you guys have snow yet?" (late October) "Do you still have snow?" (late March)
As a side note, there is little use about asking "in the USA" since at any given time, there is snow on the ground in Alaska and not in Hawaii.
I lived in Maine. We had snow cover for many months in a row.
If you ask, "Is it snowing?" you mean "Right now, are there snow flake falling from the sky?"
That's not the same as "Is there snow on the ground right now?" The idiomatic way to ask about that can vary. "Do you guys have snow yet?" (late October) "Do you still have snow?" (late March)
As a side note, there is little use about asking "in the USA" since at any given time, there is snow on the ground in Alaska and not in Hawaii.
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