The blue skies

[Progress]

Do you have to say "the blue skies" instead of "the blue sky" as in "I like the blue skies?" Would you give me the reason?

[Anglika]

You don't HAVE to say it. It reads a bit as if you are discussing skies in paintings or photographs, and comparing them. "I like the blue skies rather than those gloomy cloudy ones"

It would perhaps more usually be " I like blue skies" or " I like a blue sky, not a cloudy one" or "I like the sky when it is blue"

[Progress]

I see, Anlika. Thanks to you, my mind is like a blue sky.

[Anglika]

Beautifully clear, I am sure

[Romel Panzer]

What does "it reads a bit" mean in the above reply of Anglika.

[Anglika]

Sorry - colloquialism.

The sentence "I like the blue skies" could/might be interpreted as being a critical comment about a picture.