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Guest Posted 22 years ago
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Cold

I wonder why people say" I have *** cold." Why not say: I have cold. Please explain.


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Articles are determiners that indicate if you are referring to a specific or general thing. 'I have a cold' works just like 'I have a dream', 'I have a head', 'I heave an idea'.

— Buggah

  • Articles are determiners that indicate if you are referring to a specific or general thing.
  • 'I have a cold' works just like 'I have a dream', 'I have a head', 'I heave an idea'.
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Articles are determiners that indicate if you are referring to a specific or general thing.

'I have a cold' works just like 'I have a dream', 'I have a head', 'I heave an idea'.
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But " I have * the * flu " insteadEmotion: smile
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Maybe because there are thousands of differnt strands of colds, each giving you an immunity to it after catching it.
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