A A_Bad_guy Member Joined Feb 5, 2019 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Korean Home Country South Korea Current Location United States Feb 14, 2019 #1 Could you please tell me the differences between the following? It has started raining. It is raining. it started raining.
Could you please tell me the differences between the following? It has started raining. It is raining. it started raining.
T Tdol No Longer With Us (RIP) Staff member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location Japan Feb 14, 2019 #2 Why don't you tell us what you think to get the ball rolling?
A A_Bad_guy Member Thread starter Joined Feb 5, 2019 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Korean Home Country South Korea Current Location United States Feb 14, 2019 #3 Tdol said: Why don't you tell us what you think to get the ball rolling? Click to expand... The first sentence means: Rain might have started 10 minutes ago and it is still raining. The second means: It is just raining. The third means: it is not raining. It was raining 1 hour ago. I can't figure out the differences between them when three sentences are compared together. It has started raining. It is raining. it started raining.
Tdol said: Why don't you tell us what you think to get the ball rolling? Click to expand... The first sentence means: Rain might have started 10 minutes ago and it is still raining. The second means: It is just raining. The third means: it is not raining. It was raining 1 hour ago. I can't figure out the differences between them when three sentences are compared together. It has started raining. It is raining. it started raining.
G GoesStation No Longer With Us (RIP) Joined Dec 22, 2015 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Feb 14, 2019 #4 Sentence 1 means that rain began falling in the very recent past and it's still raining. Sentence 2 means that rain is falling now. Sentence 3 says only that rain began sometime in the past. It doesn't tell us whether it is or isn't raining now.
Sentence 1 means that rain began falling in the very recent past and it's still raining. Sentence 2 means that rain is falling now. Sentence 3 says only that rain began sometime in the past. It doesn't tell us whether it is or isn't raining now.
