Phrase
Can you say:
A weather like this is just crying out for taking a walk. or screaming out for..?
Top answer
". "Weather like this is just crying/screaming out for taking a walk" is intelligible and might pass in casual conversation. However, the sentence does not stand up to closer scrutiny.
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First of all, "weather" is uncountable (almost always), so we say "Weather like this ..." not "A weather like this ...".
"Weather like this is just crying/screaming out for taking a walk" is intelligible and might pass in casual conversation. However, the sentence does not stand up to closer scrutiny. We expect "crying out for ~" to be followed by something that is needed by the subject,
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