How do you correct these sentences ?
I have some sentences as below and I 've already corrected some of them ,but I'm not sure if it is correct and native :

1. What a bad weather it is ! ( should be " What bad weather it is ! )

2. How clever a(the) boy he is !/how kind an(the) old man he is ( should be " How clever he is /how kind he is " or " what a cleave boy he is /what a kind old man he is " )

3.How do you use "how " or " what" to change a sentence " there are so many people on the subway " to an exclamatory sentence ? ( what many people there are... ???)

Thank you so much for your help !

Question

How do you correct these sentences ?
I have some sentences as below and I 've already corrected some of them ,but I'm not sure if it is correct and native :

1. What a bad weather it is !   ( should be " What bad weather it is ! )

2. How clever a(the) boy he is !/how kind an(the) old man he is  ( should be " How clever he is /how kind he is " or " what a cleave boy he is /what a kind old man he is "  )

3.How do you use "how " or " what" to change a sentence " there are so many people on the subway " to an exclamatory sentence ? ( what many people there are...  ???)

Thank you so much for your help !

Answer

1) The most natural way to put that is "What bad weather we're having!" or "This is some bad weather!"

2) You could say either, What a clever boy (he is) and What a kind old man (he is) or How clever he is

3) There are so many people on the subway. You could say this exact same sentence with placing emphasis on the so many part so it would be like this, There are SO MANY people on the subway. without yelling too loud of course

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1. What bad weather it is!  (Yes, weather is uncountable; cannot use "a" with it.)

2.  How clever he is /how kind he is " or "What a clever boy he is /what a kind old man he is ".  (Correct)

3. How do you use "how " or " what" to change a sentence?  
("How" needs an adjective => How CLEVER he is!  "What" needs a noun => What A clever BOY he is!)

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