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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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I'm cold-tolerant person. Is it correct?
Which one of the following is correct?
He will never catch cold; he is a cold-tolerant man.
He will never catch cold; he has a tolerance to cold.
Thank you.
He will never catch cold; he is a cold-tolerant man.
He will never catch cold; he has a tolerance to cold.
Thank you.
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When I hear "tolerant" I think of temperature as in this definition: "able to withstand extremes, as of heat and cold."
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Neither is correct.
The first clause is about cold – the illness, and the second about cold – the temperature.
The two are unrelated.
'He has a tolerance to cold; he doesn't care how low the temperature gets.'
I suppose you could say 'He is a cold-tolerant man'. It's understandable but unusual.
'He has a
Neither is correct.
The first clause is about cold – the illness, and the second about cold – the temperature.
The two are unrelated.
'He has a tolerance to cold; he doesn't care how low the temperature gets.'
I suppose you could say 'He is a cold-tolerant man'. It's understandable but unusual.
'He has a
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