Grammar Quiz No.95

N2Verb Forms〜そうにない

この雨は夜まで止み___にない。

Q. Which completes 'shows no sign of stopping'?

Translation

This rain doesn't look like it will stop before night.

Explanation

Masu-stem + そうにない negates an appearance-based prediction: 止みそうにない 'looks unlikely to stop'. がち means 'prone to' and doesn't take にない.