Friday, July 1, 2016

word choice - during, while or whilst (the) rain?

Does the last part of the following sentence sound natural for native speakers?





"Alicia was standing under the tree during rain".




Some users have suggested I need to place the article "the" before the noun rain. Could anyone please explain why? And some answers have suggested that "during" should be replaced with "while" or "whilst", but aren't they synonymous? Why should I prefer "while" to "during"?

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