Cold

Ruifeng · #1 (permalink) Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:48 am *Cold*

"I'm really a very sick man, "he whined. "I caught cold in the hospital from a fighter pilot and came down with a very serious case of pneumonia."

-----From Catch-22

Why caught cold? Why not caught a cold?

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Beeesneees · #2 (permalink) Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:40 am *Cold*

Grammatically, it should be 'caught a cold'.
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Clubmember · #3 (permalink) Sat Oct 22, 2011 19:27 pm *Cold*

Hi Beeesneees.

Is this sentence correct?

You might catch cold.

I found it at
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/caught+a+cold

There is no article after catch.

Beeesneees · #4 (permalink) Sat Oct 22, 2011 20:45 pm *Cold*

Yes, it's okay.
The reason the article should really be there in the original sentence is because 'the cold' is specified more. It is the one transmitted from the fighter pilot.
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Clubmember · #5 (permalink) Sun Oct 23, 2011 7:17 am *Cold*

Okay. Thanks.

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