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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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What is the difference Which is correct?

What is the difference Which is correct?

What temperature is this water? The water is 70 degrees hot.
What is the temperature of the water? The water is 70 degrees hot
How hot is this water? The water is 70 degrees hot

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What temperature is this water? The water temperature is 70 degrees hot . What is the temperature of the water?

  • What temperature is this water?
  • The water temperature is 70 degrees hot .
  • What is the temperature of the water?
  • The water temperature is 70 degrees hot How hot is this water?
  • This water is lukewarm.
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What temperature is this water? The water temperature is 70 degrees hot.
What is the temperature of the water? The water temperature is 70 degrees hot
How hot is this water? This water is lukewarm. This water is not hot. This water is at room temperature.
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The questions are all OK.
The answers are understandable but 70 degrees hot is a very unusual expression. This is probably because a measure of water in degrees is extremely unlikely to be anything but heat. The answer would normally be:
The water temperature is 70 degrees.
It is 70 degrees.

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