Comments on: Cool off https://plainenglish.com/expressions/cool-off/ Upgrade your English Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:11:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/cool-off/#comment-4906 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 18:40:55 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=18713#comment-4906 In reply to Claudio.

Perfect- just remember to say “it cools off at night”

You would say “the temperature drops at night” or you would say “it cools off at night” where “it” is our general way of describing the weather.

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By: Claudio https://plainenglish.com/expressions/cool-off/#comment-4892 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 14:43:17 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=18713#comment-4892 This year’s winter in São Paulo is very different. Some days the temperature is very high in the afternoon – 29º C – and then
cools off at night and drops to 17º C

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By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/cool-off/#comment-4880 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 17:19:39 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=18713#comment-4880 In reply to Cemre.

Great example, but pay attention to one thing. This is a common (and sometimes funny) mistake in English. When you use an adverb like “impatiently,” you want to put that word closest to the action that it describes. In your sentence, you have two actions: (1) waiting and (2) cooling off. You placed “impatiently” closest to “cooling off.” So the sentence now implies that “the weather will cool off impatiently.” Actually, the weather just cools off; your cat is waiting impatiently.

So you want to move the word “impatiently” closer to the action it describes, which is waiting: “My cat is waiting impatiently for the weather to cool off.”

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By: Cemre https://plainenglish.com/expressions/cool-off/#comment-4867 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 16:11:45 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=18713#comment-4867 My cat is waiting for the weather to cool off impatiently.

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