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Cat navy 425 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Cold is up

Dear all,

A spoken English trainer at our place says in one of his videos that we can use the following instead of "Cold has risen", "Temperature has risen". I'd like to get your opinion on this.

Cold is up.
Temperature is up.
  

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I have to suppose you misunderstood him. Cold cannot be up, and non-count temperature can't, either. The temperature can be up, meaning that it has risen.

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  • I have to suppose you misunderstood him.
  • Cold cannot be up, and non-count temperature can't, either.
  • The temperature can be up, meaning that it has risen.
  • It can also be down, meaning that it has gotten colder.
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I have to suppose you misunderstood him. Cold cannot be up, and non-count temperature can't, either.

The temperature can be up, meaning that it has risen. It can also be down, meaning that it has gotten colder.

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cat navy 425I'd like to get your opinion on this.

I would not follow this trainer. It is bad advice.

It is getting colder.
It is colder.
The temperature has dropped.
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Your English teacher is mistakenly using the English words "risen" and "up" to convey inchoative (or inceptive) aspect. The words we use are 'get' and, less often and more formally, 'become' or even 'grow'.

It's getting cold. / ?It's becoming cold. / ?It's growing cold.

Bonus information:

'rise', 'arise', and 'come up' are used to capture the idea of this verbal

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