such a bad weather vs such bad weather

[chunganhvu]

Hi all,
Could you please explain to me which the correct answer is? Thanks in advance.

Question 37: We couldn’t go out because the weather was so bad.
A. It was so bad a weather that we couldn’t go out.
B. It was such a bad weather that we couldn’t go out.
C. It was so bad weather that we couldn’t go out.
D. It was such bad weather that we couldn’t go out.

Personally I think the correct answer is B not D.

P/s: In Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary, I find this example: Did you have a good time at the party?
(Is the word "time" an uncountable noun?)

 

[Hermione Golightly]

'Time' can be countable but 'weather' isn't, so we can't talk about 'a weather' nor can we use weather in the plural.

Pray not to live in interesting times.

 

[bennymix]

I agree with Hermione, who apparently endorses D.

Time can be either uncountable or not, so your attempted analogy does not work.

Cambridge for countable, gives this:

time noun (OCCASION)
[ C ] an occasion when something happens, or the experience connected with it:

The last time we went to Paris, it rained every day.
Every time/Each time I ask you to do something you say you're busy.
They go swimming three or four times a week.

Also, this may be relevant:

time noun (PERIOD)
[ S or U ] a particular period of time for which something has been happening, or that isneeded for something:

After a time, it became clear that nobody was interested in coming to the meetings.
They stayed with us for a short time.

 

[chunganhvu]

Thank you for your posting. It's really useful to me.

Thank you so much.