I had an argument about how is correct to say that "yesterday snow fall in my country" using the verb "snow".
I was told that "snowed" is not correct , is not used in spoken English. Please help me to clarify this!
The other version was : " Yesterday it was snow in my country"
Is it correctly spoken "Yesterday snowed in my country"?
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Re: Is it correctly spoken "Yesterday snowed in my country"?
'Snow' is commonly used as a noun and a verb. All the following are correct in spoken and written English:
Yesterday snow fell in my country.
Yesterday there was snow in my country.
Yesterday it snowed in my country.
Note that you need the word 'it' in front of weather verbs, for example 'it rained', 'it poured with rain', 'it snowed'.
Yesterday snow fell in my country.
Yesterday there was snow in my country.
Yesterday it snowed in my country.
Note that you need the word 'it' in front of weather verbs, for example 'it rained', 'it poured with rain', 'it snowed'.
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Re: Is it correctly spoken "Yesterday snowed in my country"?
Thank you very much, really helpful...
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Re: Is it correctly spoken "Yesterday snowed in my country"?
Totally agree with darcy.
The most idiomatic is simply: it snowed
It snowed yesterday
Yesterday it snowed
It’s snowing now
It’s been snowing for three hours
I think it’s going to snow
It will probably snow tomorrow
The most idiomatic is simply: it snowed
It snowed yesterday
Yesterday it snowed
It’s snowing now
It’s been snowing for three hours
I think it’s going to snow
It will probably snow tomorrow
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Re: Is it correctly spoken "Yesterday snowed in my country"?
Thank you for your helping answer!