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Akdom Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
gloomy skies, gloomy sky
Later in the gloomy sky I see a star peak out and say, “Star light, star bright, wish I may, wish I might, make a wish on you tonight. ...
Gloomy headlines about the economy and equally gloomy skies may be behind the apparent exodus, Axa has suggested.
Several photos depict the bright, carved crowns of icebergs against dark, gloomy skies and seas.
How come sometimes people use "sky" and other times use "skies," plural?
Using singular, I understand; it's intuitive, there's only one sky, but why plural?
My guess is that "skies" is used to indicate several days' sky. For example "The glooomy skies were all i remembered of the trip to London", plural.
And if i want to say something about today's weather, i say "today, we have a gloomy sky", singular.
Am I right? thanks.
Gloomy headlines about the economy and equally gloomy skies may be behind the apparent exodus, Axa has suggested.
Several photos depict the bright, carved crowns of icebergs against dark, gloomy skies and seas.
How come sometimes people use "sky" and other times use "skies," plural?
Using singular, I understand; it's intuitive, there's only one sky, but why plural?
My guess is that "skies" is used to indicate several days' sky. For example "The glooomy skies were all i remembered of the trip to London", plural.
And if i want to say something about today's weather, i say "today, we have a gloomy sky", singular.
Am I right? thanks.
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I can't answer your question definitively, but I think you're on the way to understanding what is meant in different situations. Weather forecasters (affectionately known by some as weather guessers ) sometime use the plural 'skies', I think, because the sky in one area might be different from the sky in another area, even though they are within the same broadcasting area.
- I can't answer your question definitively, but I think you're on the way to understanding what is meant in different situations.
- Weather forecasters (affectionately known by some as weather guessers ) sometime use the plural 'skies', I think, because the sky in one area might be different from the sky in another area, even though they are within the same broadcasting area.
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I can't answer your question definitively, but I think you're on the way to understanding what is meant in different situations.
Weather forecasters (affectionately known by some as weather guessers) sometime use the plural 'skies', I think, because the sky in one area might be different from the sky in another area, even though they are within the same broadcasting area.
Weather forecasters (affectionately known by some as weather guessers) sometime use the plural 'skies', I think, because the sky in one area might be different from the sky in another area, even though they are within the same broadcasting area.
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