(1) The rain is fallling heavily in Lagos. (Nonstandard).❌ it
It is raining heavily in Lagos (Standard).✅
(2) Please, I don’t want the rain to beat me; I will go later (Nonstandard). ❌
Please, I don’t want to be saturated by the rain; I will go later (Standard). ✅
*NOTE:* You could as well use “bedraggled”, “soaked”, “wet” or even “drenched.”
(3) I always have a running nose during the raining season (Nonstandard).❌
I always have a runny nose during the rainy season (Standard).✅
(4) There was a heavy downpour this morning (Nonstandard).❌
There was a downpour this morning (Standard).✅
