I’m a native English speaker and did very well in English class and I don’t even know what “it” is in this example.
The status (or state) of the weather.
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Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 days ago
I’m a native English speaker and did very well in English class and I don’t even know what “it” is in this example. I just understand it to be what we say and that it means that rain is falling from the sky right now.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Weslee@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I’ve never really thought about it, but my first instinct is to say it’s referring to the time “it is raining right now” shortened to “it’s raining”?
hikeandbike@midwest.social 3 days ago
“It” would be the subject. Time, or tense would be gleaned from the verb conjugation.
E.g. “it is raining” versus “it was raining,” where “is” and “was” are two conjugations of “being.”
The question is more in reference to the subject, “it.” In which case, as partial_accumen describes, “it” is a pronoun representing “the status of the weather.”
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
“it” is the general state of the weather.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Me fail english? Thats unpossible!