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Mr. Tom Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Cold VS Hot

Hi

Are these sentences natural? 

Finish your food before it turns cold. 
Finish your juice before it turns warm.


Thanks,

Tom
  

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Mr. Tom Are these sentences natural? We use 'get' not 'turn'.

— Mister Micawber

  • Mr.
  • Tom Are these sentences natural?
  • We use 'get' not 'turn'.
  • 'Turn' is for the weather.
  • Finish your food before it gets cold.
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Mr. TomAre these sentences natural?
We use 'get' not 'turn'. 'Turn' is for the weather.

Finish your food before it gets cold.
The weather's going to turn cold next week.
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Thanks, MM.

Are these set expressions? I mean, technically speaking, the food won't get cold; it will only cool down -- or get cool. Can we use these?

Finish your food before it gets cool/cools down.
Finish your juice before it becomes hot.

Thanks again for your time and effort.

Tom
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Mr. TomAre these set expressions?
I wouldn't use that term; I would call them standard 'native choices'
Mr. TomFinish your food before it gets cool/cools down.Finish your juice before it becomes hot.
Those simply do not sound natural to me; there is nothing wrong with the grammar of course.
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