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Vitamin Posted 22 years ago
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Which the sentence is correct ?

when we talk about weather with somebody ,how can i express my mind firstly ?
(1)what's the weather be like today ?

(2)what's the weather like today?

(3)what the weather be like today ?

which the sentence is correct ? thank ur patience explain !!!!!
  

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(2) is correct. "What's" is short for "What is", so the question in full becomes: What is the weather like today? "Today" is just an adverb.

— Rommie

  • (2) is correct.
  • "What's" is short for "What is", so the question in full becomes: What is the weather like today?
  • "Today" is just an adverb.
  • It doesn't really impact on the rest of the sentence, it only narrows down when you're talking about.
  • In fact, the word "today" is almost redundant here, because the sentence is in the present tense, and in the present tense, what other day could it possibly be other than today?
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(2) is correct. "What's" is short for "What is", so the question in full becomes:

What is the weather like today?

"Today" is just an adverb. It doesn't really impact on the rest of the sentence, it only narrows down when you're talking about. In fact, the word "today" is almost redundant here, because the sentence is in the present tense, and in the present tense, what other d
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thank you !!!!!!!
Is it silly to say "what was the weather yesterday ?" because yesterday is the past time for most people.

now i'm working in a engineering company ,sometimes we communicate with foreigner.If the foreigner's tone about word is different from i have heared before,and i don't know what's the word they said !!!! then i will think about this word deeply ,so i don't kn
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