1) It must have rained yesterday because the roads are wet.
2) It must have rained yesterday because the road is wet.
When you hear them, do you interpret them differently because of the singular and the plural choices?
teacherJapan1) It must have rained yesterday because the roads are wet.
If you drive around the area, you will be driving on wet roads.
teacherJapan2) It must have rained yesterday because the road is wet.
The road that we both know you're talking about is wet.
teacherJapando you interpret them differently
Yes.
teacherJapanthe roads are wet
I get the idea that you've already been out and about today and have seen several wet roads during that time.
teacherJapanthe road is wet
I get the idea that you've just gotten up and looked out your window at the wet road in front of your house.
CJ
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Sentence number 2 sound more natural and right to me. When you say this, you probably mean the road where you are standing on, so it is singular.
You cannot say "the roads" because you don't know if other roads in the city, or the country, are wet.
Hope this helps.
I see! Thank you very much for your helping . It now makes perfect sense.
Sorry for the typo. Thank you very much for your help. :-)