air condition vs. air conditioning

[Edik]

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #28 "Mistaken Identity", question 3

Interviewer: You mean you like the idea of an office with ..........

(a) air control
(b) air managment
(c) air conditioning
(d) air condition

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #28 "Mistaken Identity", answer 3

Interviewer: You mean you like the idea of an office with air conditioning.

Correct answer: (c) air conditioning
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air condition vs. air conditioning

Edik

[Mister Micawber]

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'Air condition' does not collocate in the sense expressed in this sentence. We may talk about 'the air condition being highly polluted', but that would be a meteorological observation unrelated to an office appliance.
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who teaches English for a living at Mister Micawber's
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