What lovely weather!
(the) Bad weather caused a lot of traffic jams.
(the) Bad weather conditions caused a lot of traffic jams.
The Prime Minister’s plane was grounded because of (the) bad weather conditions.
I won’t get on the road tonight because of these bad weather conditions.
What terrible noise!
What a terrible noise!
Because (of the) terrible noise I couldn’t sleep all night.
All in all can you use ‘the’, ‘these’, ‘those’ with such nouns. If so, could you please give me some more examples.
Bad Weather is a name for “weather that is bad”. Bad naturally being in the eyes of the beholder.
“The” bad weather implies a specific entity referred to previously.
e.g.
In South Virgina bad weather caused many accidents. The bad weather (already referred to) also created a disturbance in telecommunications. …
In South Virgina bad weather caused many accidents. Bad weather also created a disturbance in telecommunications. … would be to me a little uncomfortable and bumpy…
Come to think of it, I don’t know either. Probably I was typing too fast.
Thanks HamburgerEnglish,
My question regarding exclamations is
Does one use the article in: What lovely weather! What lovely flowers! Probably not, but I think one does use the article in: What a lovely flower! That is to say, when the noun is singular and countable.
Stop being confused. One does not use the article in exclamations like: What lovely weather! However, one does say: What a lovely flower! But: What lovely flowers!
Now stop being so confused!