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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Jul 2, 2013 · The OED says the phrase "cool your jets", meaning to calm down or become less agitated, is originally US and the first quoted in a newspaper: 1973 Daily Tribune (Wisconsin …