What lovely weather! - English example sentence

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LaraCroft January 30, 2014 January 30, 2014 at 12:35:46 AM UTC

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Don't we say: 'What a lovely weather!' ??

eirik174 January 30, 2014 January 30, 2014 at 1:35:08 AM UTC

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"Weather" is uncountable. So as a litmus test: One can't say "one weather, two weather(s)[...]". This sentence was used in my textbook to illustrate usage of the word "weather" in English compared with the countable "vær" in Norwegian.

This source appears to corroborate this:
http://alt.usage.english.narkiv...mall-questions

Could a native speaker(s) confirm if this sentence is likely to ever be used? If it sounds unnatural, could you please suggest a natural sentence where the uncountability of the noun is preserved?

Delian January 30, 2014 January 30, 2014 at 3:23:53 AM UTC

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Native English speaker confirming "What lovely weather!" is correct.
Although, we could also say "What a lovely day it is today!" The article goes with 'day' as a count noun.