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Reegis Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

I am taking a temperature.

Hello.

Is the sentence below correct?

"I am taking a temperature."

I saw it in my program to learn English, but I am not sure if it is OK as I googled it a little bit and it seems that the standard way of expressing such things is like this:
"I am taking my temperature."

I found that we can also say:
"I have a temperature."

But this is slightly different context, so I am not sure if I can apply this to the original sentence.
  

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Reegis I saw it in my program to learn English, What was the context? What kind of situation was it referring to? "I am taking a temperature" is possible if this is one of a number of similar measurements that you are making, and it isn't important to specify which one you mean.

— GPY

  • Reegis I saw it in my program to learn English, What was the context?
  • What kind of situation was it referring to?
  • "I am taking a temperature" is possible if this is one of a number of similar measurements that you are making, and it isn't important to specify which one you mean.
  • If talking about taking another person's temperature, the indefinite article could sound a bit impersonal.
  • I don't see it being used in the case when you are taking your own temperature.
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ReegisI saw it in my program to learn English,
What was the context? What kind of situation was it referring to?

"I am taking a temperature" is possible if this is one of a number of similar measurements that you are making, and it isn't important to specify which one you mean. If talking about taking another person's temperature, the indefinite articl
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Reegis"I am taking a temperature."
On its own, it sounds unnatural. Can you tell us what you mean by it?
Reegis"I have a temperature."
That means I have a fever.
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ReegisIs the sentence below correct?"I am taking a temperature."
Yes. The scene is a hospital. A nurse is standing by a bed. The patient in the bed has a thermometer in his mouth. A doctor pokes his head into the room waving a piece of paper. "Nurse, can you get down to the pharmacy and collect the prescriptions on this list?" The nurse answers, "Not now
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GPYWhat was the context? What kind of situation was it referring to?
teechrOn its own, it sounds unnatural. Can you tell us what you mean by it?
GPY& teechr, the majority of the sentences I place on the forum come from my program to learn English and unfortunately these sentences are completely out of context
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