0
HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

20 degrees or below

http://www.slugmag.com/articles/1571/Bike-Messenger.html
"Occasionally, I’ll wear knee warmers when it’s 20 degrees or below outside. Otherwise I’m in shorts and a T-shirt underneath my jacket. I’ve got different jackets for really cold weather, rainy, windy and snowy conditions."

----------------------------------------------------------------

Is it correct to say "20 degrees below" to mean "20 degrees or below"?
  

Top answer

No. 20 degrees below would imply that the temperature is below zero.

— RandomGuy

  • No.
  • 20 degrees below would imply that the temperature is below zero.
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

7 Answers
0
No. 20 degrees below would imply that the temperature is below zero.
0
0
It may be helpful for you to realize that the writer mean Fahrenheit. In F, 20 is pretty cold, but not horrifyingly cold. (32F = 0C). However, minus 20 is horrifyingly cold.
0
0
Thank you, Aspara Gus and Grammar Geek.

It's four degrees below zero in a high-security police compound in south-west Kabul. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/apr/22/a
0
0
It would be understood that it was below zero, so you can omit it, but usually here it's "ten degrees below zero" or "ten below." You don't usually include "degrees" when you omit "zero."
0
0
Thank you, Grammar Geek.

1. It's ___ degrees below zero.
2. It's ___ below.
3. It's minus ___.
4. It's minus ___ degrees.

Are #3 and #4 correct too?
0
0
Emotion: smile Thank you, Grammar Geek.
0

Related Questions