“It is raining last night.”
Is this correct English ? My Japanese girl friend thinks this is correct English. I need some help !
2006-12-24 01:41:04 · 25 answers · asked by ron s 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Incorrect. "It WAS raining last night". Past tense.
2006-12-24 01:49:45 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, "It is raining last night" is not correct grammer. If it was last night, then she is talking about something that is past-tense. When you tend to use the word 'it', it is used in present-time. If you are talking about something past-tense, then the right word is 'was'. "It was raining last night". Just like if it were raining right this very second, I would say "it is raining" or "It is raining right now." But yes, she was wrong. No that is not correct english. Correct English - "It was raining last night."
Hope this helped!
2006-12-24 01:47:23 · answer #2 · answered by gymnastics_ss 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No this is not correct grammar.
"It was raining last night" or
"It rained last night"
I do not know japanese but maybe their language does not use tenses in the same way as English.
2006-12-24 10:24:28 · answer #3 · answered by bilbotheman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that is not correct. Since the event of raining happened in the past, you would have to use was, as in "It was raining last night." Is is used for something happening in the present, as in "It is raining now."
2006-12-24 01:44:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i dont blame her since she might not have been born in america and lived here all her life but no that is not correct
"It was raining last night" is correct
was is past tense so if it is was said "It ___ raining last night" was would go there while if you said"It ___ raining this night" is would go there and if you either believe the weatherman or are magic "It _____ raining tomorrow night" will be goes there
2006-12-24 08:16:44 · answer #5 · answered by dead soldier 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It WAS raining last night OR It rained last night .. if you are speaking in past tense
It IS raining tonight - present tense
Its going to rain tomorrow - future
2006-12-24 01:43:19 · answer #6 · answered by DeeDee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It "rained" last night is correct. This is past tense. Raining would mean that rain is falling at this very minute.
2006-12-24 01:43:06 · answer #7 · answered by dmb41 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No this is not right. the DR guy is right... the correct way would be to say "It was raining last night."
2006-12-24 01:43:30 · answer #8 · answered by Carson Brooks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And now you tried the third parties to solve that don't you?
Okay let her read the answers and mine:
Hey girl, no problem, your boo boyfriend understand the sentence anyway right?
Though if you like to be better in english (not that important anyway) read grammars book sometimes :)
The sentence is not balanced: at one point you talk about present time or today, but you say it's last night. Easy right? ^_^
2006-12-24 02:01:22 · answer #9 · answered by Doo.ri 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be this: It was raining last night
2006-12-24 01:43:02 · answer #10 · answered by *{I'm~your~Girl!}* 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the correct way is "it was raining last night"
2006-12-24 01:42:27 · answer #11 · answered by AL IS ON VACATION AND HAS NO PIC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋