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  • I’d argue that’s not kidnapping. Yes, the guy being interviewed is quoted as saying kidnapped, but that doesn’t make it kidnapping. We’re not arguing morality here, we’re arguing whether or not a country enforcing it’s conscription laws is kidnapping. And it’s not. Do you go after South Korea for imprisoning people who refuse the draft there? Seems pretty hypocritical to me, but that’s not surprise, ya gotta be a hypocrite to support Russia.















  • Tell him to work on the context. Where does it usually rain (outside)?If it were raining 100 miles away would I mention it to you? What usually makes rain? when we use “it” in this context in English we mean the most likely thing “it” could be (and usually that’s like a 90%+ likelihood). If it were raining in the bedroom, that would require a qualifier, like I had to include.

    So the sentence “It is raining”. Means “It is raining outside in my current location.” If I say “It is loud”. Means “The volume of the ambient noise where I am located is loud”. If I mean it is raining on the plains in Spain I wouldn’t say "It’s raining " I would probably say “The rains in Spain fall mainly on the plains.”