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Jenny chiu Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
have? get? catch?
I have a cold.
I get a cold.
I catch a cold.
I have the flu.
I get the flu.
I catch the flu.
Are they all correct?
I get a cold.
I catch a cold.
I have the flu.
I get the flu.
I catch the flu.
Are they all correct?
Top answer
I have a cold. I have the flu. -- Right now, I am ill.
- I have a cold.
- I have the flu.
- -- Right now, I am ill.
- I get/catch a cold.
- -- This is not a likely sentence without more information, like "I get/catch a cold every time I fly" to mean that it happens habitually.
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I have a cold. I have the flu. -- Right now, I am ill.
I get/catch a cold. -- This is not a likely sentence without more information, like "I get/catch a cold every time I fly" to mean that it happens habitually.
I get the flu. -- Also not likely unless you say why it's recurring/habitual, e.g., "Even though I get a flu shot every year, every winter, I still get the flu."
I get/catch a cold. -- This is not a likely sentence without more information, like "I get/catch a cold every time I fly" to mean that it happens habitually.
I get the flu. -- Also not likely unless you say why it's recurring/habitual, e.g., "Even though I get a flu shot every year, every winter, I still get the flu."
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1. This is correct.
2. This is very ungrammatical. You'd need to say more, like: I get a cold off and on.
3. This is very ungrammatical. You'd need to say more, like: I catch a cold off and on.
4. This is correct.
5. This is very ungrammatical. You'd need to say more, like: I get the flu off and on.
6. This is very ungrammatical. You'd need to say more, like: I ca
2. This is very ungrammatical. You'd need to say more, like: I get a cold off and on.
3. This is very ungrammatical. You'd need to say more, like: I catch a cold off and on.
4. This is correct.
5. This is very ungrammatical. You'd need to say more, like: I get the flu off and on.
6. This is very ungrammatical. You'd need to say more, like: I ca
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