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- What is the weather today? or How is the weather today?
To my ear, "what's the weather like today" sounds more natural than "what's the weather today"
- What does the weather look like or what is the weather like?
What does the weather look like? would be: What does the weather forecast look like? while: What is the weather like? would be: What is the weather look like right now? Of course, more context would help determine whether or not I've made the correct assumptions Consider these dialogs: We're supposed to go to the game tonight
- How VS. What is the weather forecast? Which one is correct?
2 How is the weather forecast? This is asking for the methods used by people who predict the weather In other words: Can you tell me what charts and formulas are used by people who work in weather offices?
- Whats the weather like. . . ? The word order - English Language Learners . . .
As Colin Fine pointed out in his comment, both constructions are valid The slight difference lies in what you're emphasing—the place or the day—depending on which, either "today" can follow "in Spain" or vice versa So the expected answer to " What's the weather like in Spain today?" would be In Spain, the weather is fine today (In all the countries the Spain borders on, it is still
- grammar - If I were you, If the weather were etc - English Language . . .
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" Don't worry because you can also use "was" as usual
- What is the difference between “except” and “except for?”
The trip was perfect, except for the weather So a simple way to think about it: except → more general, can be used in more structures except for → often used to highlight the one thing that breaks an otherwise true statement
- Its good to see you. Whats the meaning of it in Its good to . . . ?
There might be other examples that could take on different meanings, for instance "It's good to pay your taxes" means morally or ethically "good " And other contexts that use a "dummy 'it'" might be more open to rewording: "It's fine weather today" and "The weather today is fine" are both idiomatic and common
- contractions - Can I use apostrophe s to shorten is? - English . . .
That applies particularly to using it with: Nouns, like your example, or "the weather's awful today" Names, like "John's on holiday at the moment" Even in relatively formal contexts, e g a newspaper article, it is common to use it with: Pronouns, like "he's rich", "it's raining" Other determiners, like "that's right", "what's on TV"
- Should I say Whats that mean or What does it mean?
2 I've been listening this expression from movies and it seems that native speakers used to say "What's that mean" when they want to ask about the meaning of something Is this expression right for informal speaking or is it just my misunderstanding?
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