Jan 30, 2019 · In a sense, those are all different "skies" even though the expanse above us is always the same "sky." For a safe option, just always use "sky." When you are comparing …

Jun 15, 2020 · Skies is a poetic/literary word used to mean heaven or heavenly power. The first example sentence could mean reach for heaven. In some set phrases, the used word is skies, …

What's the difference between "sky" and "skies"? I'm really confused since I watched a news saying "People cheered and clapped as the moon blocked the sun for about 2.5 minutes under …

Sep 11, 2020 · Is "sky" a countable noun or an uncountable noun? We can count the sky as it is only one, but it's that people refer to as it being uncountable.

In the article you cite, I think "takes the skies" is a mistake, and was intended to be "takes to the skies". "Take the skies" is correct English, but it suggests military conquest, as in " Then we …

Aug 3, 2016 · With the sky however, you will often see "the blue sky" because when referred to by itself, it is nearly always blue (blue is nothing remarkable), but another colour is a different …

Jul 27, 2017 · At face value, they are equivalent. From the OED: Cloud (of the sky) become overcast or gloomy. ‘the blue skies clouded over abruptly’ Note how the definition does not …

Dec 18, 2017 · And now two smaller Cratchits, boy and girl, came tearing in, screaming that outside the baker’s they had smelt the goose, and known it for their own; and basking in …

Nov 17, 2023 · sky noun /skaɪ/ /skaɪ/ [countable, uncountable] (plural skies) the space above the earth that you can see when you look up, where clouds and the sun, moon and stars appear …

Feb 9, 2016 · Interestingly, larks are connected to an earlier commentary on skies falling. From "Debate on the Bank of the United States" (April 13, 1810), in The American Register, or …