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- What is the weather today? or How is the weather today?
Arguably some people might think the what version is more appropriate when the speaker is specifically interested in knowing what the weather actually is (or perhaps will be, later in the day) Conversely, the how version might be more likely if what the speaker wants to know is how the addressee feels about the weather
- What does the weather look like or what is the weather like?
My classmate asked me "What does the weather look like" This question is very difficult for me to answer, because my English teachers used to teach us "What is the weather like"
- Can “wish the weather would be good tomorrow” be correct?
0 I wish the weather would improve tomorrow=grammatical I wish the weather were going to be good tomorrow =grammatical For it to be grammatical with regard to the future, you have to introduce the expectation, which is expressed using the past continuous subjunctive or regular past continuous to express an unreal situation in the present
- grammar - If I were you, If the weather were etc - English Language . . .
When we say "It would be nice if the weather were better " The statement "The weather were better" is unreal Really, the weather is bad Using "were" is considered more formal It is a piece of grammar from older English that is becoming less common in modern English It is also common in idioms like "If I were you"
- Are you working today or Do you work today?
Are you working today? Do you work today? They both ask, in practical contexts, whether the person is scheduled to work that day The latter, Do you work today?, could mean "Is this day of the week one you usually work on?" or since many people have schedules that vary, it could simply be asking if the person has been scheduled to work that day
- Snowy or snowing? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Both foggy and snowing are weather conditions Roughly speaking both foggy and snowing mean the sky is filled with fog or snow respectively Snowy, however, is not a weather condition Snowy is a more general term than snowing, meaning things are covered with snow It can be snowy and snowing or it can be snowy but not snowing
- Is If it is rain tomorrow incorrect? - English Language Learners . . .
The reason this sentence is confusing is the ambiguous "it is" Depending on what the listener believes you are referring to, the sentence may take on different meanings "The forecast for today is 'rain' again " "If it (the forecast) is 'rain' tomorrow, we won't go to the park " In this case, "rain" is a quote about the weather Since it is a quote, it does not have a tense and is correct
- Meaning of warm vs hot when talking about weather
Here is the context: Warm weather means temperatures around 25°C Hot weather is when temperatures are around 35°C Then if today there is hot weather, what should we understand when one says "I wish
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