2006-09-08 22:06:26 · 21 answers · asked by needanewman 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
that "it" is just a placeholder for the subject to make a sentence. All sentences must have a subject, a verb, and an object. Other examples:
It is Monday.
It is the 22nd.
It is 3:00.
2006-09-08 22:13:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
After I got past that point a long time ago, I also asked how upper air trofs dig if they don't have a shovel, why cold fronts plunge down if they don't have a plunger and are only going down because of the way we orient the map, why the weather will be warm by Monday if the weather is not by Monday and it'll be warm during Monday, why temperatures drop like a rock when they are not dropping but their magnitude is decreasing, why temperatures are cold or warm when it is really the air which is...etc.
I can make the list alot longer - that was just off the top of my head - though really it wasn't off the top but from somewhere between the ears :)
2006-09-09 10:22:36 · answer #2 · answered by Joseph 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Spanish they say "llueve," one of their words that represent a full sentence. The "it" is I guess the sky in our English language, which is actually harder to learn than most languages. "Nieva" means "it's snowing" in Spanish. I've been told by Spanish speakers that English is very difficult to learn, so perhaps this is yet another example of how some things don't make sense because the language is so old and combined with elements of others that people just assume everyone understands what they mean. I do because I've spoken English as my primary language all my life, but I can see how it might not always make sense to those just learning it.
2006-09-09 05:37:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no "it".
There is no more "it" for "It is raining" than there is for "it is cold." This usuage is built into the English language. The language has worked this way for centuries. There's a technical term for this structure which I can't remember.
2006-09-09 05:14:53 · answer #4 · answered by o41655 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The clouds are raining may be...lol
2006-09-09 05:13:31 · answer #5 · answered by Deep 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. there is obviously a rule of grammar there.
The sky, the weather, outdoors. I would say "outside", because the question would be "Where is it raining?"
2006-09-09 05:57:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ancient Greeks used to say...Zeus is raining! It makes more sense!
2006-09-09 10:18:03 · answer #7 · answered by gina 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the clouds are raining
2006-09-09 14:43:32 · answer #8 · answered by alleniversonzdiva4lyfe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sky the cloud the atmosphere the water vapour and alot alot alot
2006-09-09 07:01:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the rain.
2006-09-09 14:08:45 · answer #10 · answered by colgate 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋