Need some help (written in English)
Hello! One of my students sent it to me:
If you have a cough, sneeze, headache, you catch a cold or flu. (This phrase is said by doctor who it telling to his patient what has happened with him)
I think that the second part is wrong. In my opinion, we need to use "you have caught a cold", but I can't find any proof that we can use the Present Perfect Tense in this case. Can you give me some comments about these two sentences?
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Need some help (written in English)
Hello! One of my students sent it to me:
If you have a cough, sneeze, headache, you catch a cold or flu. (This phrase is said by doctor who it telling to his patient what has happened with him)
I think that the second part is wrong. In my opinion, we need to use "you have caught a cold", but I can't find any proof that we can use the Present Perfect Tense in this case. Can you give me some comments about these two sentences?
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You have a cold. You caught a cold. You've caught a cold. You and this cold were meant for each other.
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