Is there any possibility that the sentence below may be said?
"It never rains here."
"Sun doesn't shine........(somewhere)"
"Does it snow there?"
I know that at least one of them is correct but I can't get why...
If you can, please make sure that your answer will consist every exeption associated to this topic.
Looking forward to seeing a quick reply, thank you

Harvest wrote:


That one sounds fine to me.

Harvest wrote:


I think the following would be better: "The sun doesn't shine.....".

Harvest wrote:


I think this is fine as well.

Thank you, but honestly you didn't provide me with any additional information apart from these which I've already know. Could you please write in what case can I use those sentences above?
Because as far as my knowledge reaches, there is a rule that weather is written always in Present Continuous, that means: "The sun is shining" for example.

You can talk about the weather in future tense e.g.:

"The Weather will be nice tomorrow."
"It will snow next week."

I hope that is more helpful.

Ok, but where exactly can I use these sentences? Saying "it's fine" doesn't help me to understand the issue.
I just want to know in what circumstances I can tell "It doesn't rain here".
Thank you very much...

I don't really understand what it is you are looking for.

So can anyone else help us out?

I guess she wants to know when exactly she can say "It doesn't rain there."

Ok, let's start with the information:

When describing weather - Present Continuous: "The sun is shining, birds are singing..." - general view on the scene.

And that is the most frequent use, but there is also availability to say "It doesn't rain there" but it is kind of exception. You can say that only in places where rain never reaches to. That means for example - under the roof.
Basically, when you say "It doesn't rain there", there is a silent "never" which you aren't persuaded to put, but anyway it's still there.

It doesn't rain there. - It never rains there.

Imagine the following situation:
Mummy asks you about cleaning the house, windows, moping the floor, polishing furniture and after that she goes away. You are a bit confused but still want to finish your job but it turns out that you are able to clean everything but mop the floor in the porch. But apparently you rralize that the floor ir clean and rain never reaches this place. Your mum comes home and she looks around - she is very pleased, but she finds out also that under her slippers in the porch there is a pile of dirt.
What do you say?
"Mummy, but it doesn't rain there!" :laugh:

I hope that explains a bit.

Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you very much.