“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 01:54:07 · 11 answers · asked by ron s 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
"It rained last night" is the correct way to say this. Past tense of rain is rained. since the time in which the event has passed, you use the past tense of a word. The others that suggested "it was raining last night" are incorrect.
2006-12-24 02:06:33 · answer #1 · answered by Billy FZ1 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it either needs to be in the past progressive, like It was raining, or the past tense It rained last night. It's implies present.
2006-12-24 06:07:45 · answer #2 · answered by Simon S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not correct. That would mean "It is raining last night" and the tenses would conflict. The correct wording would be "It was raining last night" or "It rained last night."
2006-12-24 03:50:42 · answer #3 · answered by keep_the_faith07 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't believe people can be so ignorant to even ASK this question. Do people in America really not know how to spell and write properly. Judging by these boards, I would say yes.
It is past tense. "It was raining last night."
2006-12-24 06:11:41 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Princess♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it should be " It was raining last night." the word last night meant it happened in the past, so you use 'was' instead of 'is'. 'was raining' the verb conjugation is past progressive.
You can say "It is raining now" - present progressive
or you can can say "it was raining yesterday"
"It was raining last night"
but never "It is raining last night."
but why make it so complicated by using the progressive form of the verb. simply use the past tense "It rained last night." :-)
2006-12-24 02:45:58 · answer #5 · answered by anamar g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was raining last night.
2006-12-24 02:02:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No thats not proper..
should read
It was raining last night. (past tense)
It's raining out. (present)
It's gonna rain. (future)
2006-12-24 01:59:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! You must say It WAS raining last night. Tell your girlfriend she must stick to chinese!
2006-12-24 01:58:08 · answer #8 · answered by JC 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe she thought the conjunction of IT'S is It WAS which would make it correct. so maybe she jsut thought aobut it wrong but had the right word
2006-12-24 02:19:48 · answer #9 · answered by fuss 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Should be "It WAS raining"It is means at this time....
2006-12-24 01:57:28 · answer #10 · answered by festeringhump 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋