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Grammar fix

cold weather

low temperature

A period when the air outside is much colder than usual, often making you feel chilly or needing to wear warm clothes.

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Hear it in context

Notice where the phrase sounds natural.

  • Cold weather makes me want to stay inside and drink hot chocolate.daily life
  • In my country, cold weather usually starts in November, and people often wear thick jackets to stay warm.IELTS speaking

Fix the pattern

Pattern: cold weather (noun phrase); used as subject or object

WrongI don't like the cold weathers here.

RightI don't like the cold weather here.

'Weather' is uncountable — no plural 'weathers'.

Patterncold weather (noun phrase); used as subject or object

Use it right

Choose the version that sounds natural in speech.

Stiff The atmospheric temperature has decreased to an uncomfortable degree.

Natural The weather's turned really cold.

Natives just say 'cold weather' or 'it's turned cold'; the formal paraphrase is comically over-engineered.

Build natural chunks

Words that usually travel with it.

  • cold weather
    bitterlyinthisa spell of

Don't confuse it

Compare with 'cool weather' (a little cold, but not uncomfortable) and 'cold climate' (a place that is usually cold).

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