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Isabella Su Posted 4 years ago
Grammar
Why people say’ We’ve got colds’, but ’ We’ve got a temperature’
If anybody can tell me, as the topic, why ‘colds’ uses the plural form, but 'temperature' uses the single form, it would be great thanks!
We've got colds. Vs We've got a temperature
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Isabella Su We've got colds. Each one has a cold, so all together there are many instances of a cold. Isabella Su We've got a temperature " A temperature" is an idiom for fever, or temperature higher than normal.
- Isabella Su We've got colds.
- Each one has a cold, so all together there are many instances of a cold.
- Isabella Su We've got a temperature " A temperature" is an idiom for fever, or temperature higher than normal.
- It does not have a plural form.
- The plural would be using the form that is not an idiom: We have temperatures higher than normal.
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Isabella SuWe've got colds.
Each one has a cold, so all together there are many instances of a cold.
Isabella SuWe've got a temperature
"A temperature" is an idiom for fever, or temperature higher than normal. It does not have a plural form.
The plural would be using the form that is not an idio
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