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It is thundering and lighting outside. It is really scary. Does this sound natural?
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A little unnatural
@crunch Thunder and lightning are both natural phenomena. "Thunder" is countable and uncountable. However, we usually use it as uncountable instead. It's just like "rain", we do not say: There are "rains".
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A little unnatural
There are thunder and lightning. It is really scary.
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A little unnatural
@crunch Thunder and lightning are both natural phenomena. "Thunder" is countable and uncountable. However, we usually use it as uncountable instead. It's just like "rain", we do not say: There are "rains".
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