Timeline for Can "it's cold" be used alone?
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| Aug 11, 2017 at 16:46 | vote | accept | Anil Jangra | ||
| Aug 11, 2017 at 16:14 | answer | added | Andrew Bennett | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 11, 2017 at 16:07 | history | migrated | from english.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Aug 11, 2017 at 9:43 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | You and your friend might like poking around at English Language Learners. | |
| Aug 11, 2017 at 8:32 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | 'Weather it' is referred to at What does "it" refer to in "it's raining"?. 'It's cold' must default to today's weather unless there is an obvious referent other than this; it's idiomatic (though 'Brrr! It's cold!" is probably more so). | |
| Aug 11, 2017 at 5:35 | answer | added | Kris | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 11, 2017 at 4:31 | answer | added | John Ward | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 11, 2017 at 4:27 | comment | added | Lawrence | Well, is tends to refer to now. The past and future limits of that 'now' are left unspecified, but that's different from saying the original phrase is/was meaningless. | |
| Aug 11, 2017 at 4:07 | history | asked | Anil Jangra | CC BY-SA 3.0 |