The use of "laid up"

The expression is very common in the US. I can't speak for GB.

Yes, you should use the article "a."

AvangiThe expression is very common in the US. I can't speak for GB.

The expression is reasonably common in the UK.

Thanks, MrWordy.

Everyone has a temperature. She had a fever.

Many thanks, Barbara!

...but don't we say something like "She was running a temperature"?

Please let me know.

Tom

She was running a fever.

She was running a temperature of 105 degrees F.

Mr. Tom...but don't we say something like "She was running a temperature"?

In my part of the world, usages like "She was laid up for five days with a temperature" and "She was running a temperature" are fairly commonplace, with "a temperature" understood to mean an abnormally high body temperature.

I believe if a baby is having a temperature of 102, he is having a fever. In that sense, fever and a temperature mean the same thing. That said, "temperature" is not typically associated with an article to my knowledge.

dimsumexpress"temperature" is not typically associated with an article to my knowledge.

Not sure what you mean, dimsum.

The temperature is rising.
Maintain the room at a temperature of 68 degrees F.
What is the temperature outside?
Let's find out how great a temperature this material c

Avangitemperature" is not typically associated with an article to my knowledge.

Uhhhh! Sorry, I guess I should requalify. What i meant was "a" temperature.

The temperature is rising.
What is the temperature outside?
I agree with these two.

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