One: What beautiful sky.
Two: What a beautiful sky.
2006-09-10 19:46:48 · 14 answers · asked by immonen33 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
More common to say 2.
What a beautiful sky.
It could be argued that 1 is also technically correct, but it's more awkward in practice.
2006-09-10 19:51:20 · answer #1 · answered by a_blue_grey_mist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2
2006-09-10 20:48:20 · answer #2 · answered by Oma 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
2
2006-09-10 20:41:17 · answer #3 · answered by Yiu T 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The correct sentence is the second one.
As "sky" is a countable noun ( even though there is only one of them!) you have to use the indefinite article "a" in this expression.
Compare;
What a beautiful day
What a beautiful picture
What a beautiful girl
and
What beautiful weather
What beautiful paintwork
What beautiful hair
...and...
What beautiful clouds
What beautiful images
What beautiful earrings.
In the first set (singular uncountable nouns) we need the article "a".
In the second set (uncountable nouns) we cannot use it.
In the third set (plural countable nouns) we cannot use it either.
As you can see, in this expression, "a" is necessary for all singular countable nouns. In your example, "sky" is a singular countable noun.
2006-09-11 07:02:31 · answer #4 · answered by savs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a beautiful sky is correct (two). (one) is NEVER correct correct except in this one type of sentence, "What beautiful sky did you see?" meaning that the listener saw some beautiful sky that you didn't see. As a standalone sentence, (one) is NEVER NEVER NEVER correct.
2006-09-10 20:21:15 · answer #5 · answered by Taivo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It should be no. two: What a beautiful sky
2006-09-10 19:52:36 · answer #6 · answered by JAN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two: What a beautiful sky.
The sky is an object so to speak therefore it needs the a before hand
2006-09-10 19:50:45 · answer #7 · answered by cyclingchicky 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it all depends on context. If you're refering to the sky at the present, then one works perfectly. If you are refering to sky in the past, then number 2 works. However, number one can also be used as the past, but two cannot be used in the present.
2006-09-10 19:58:19 · answer #8 · answered by xidaranthed 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
depends on if it's a question or statment.
"What beautiful sky?"
or
"What a beautiful sky!"
2006-09-10 19:50:44 · answer #9 · answered by Kai 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
one: what beautiful sky
2006-09-10 19:49:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋