29.3718, Qs: What's the difference between these sentences' meanings?

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Subject: 29.3718, Qs: What's the difference between these sentences' meanings?

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Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:57:35
From: Risa Endo [yurina770 at gmail.com]
Subject: What's the difference between these sentences' meanings?

 
1. I have a cold.
2. I have cold.

3. You'll catch a cold.
4. You'll catch cold.

5. I caught a bad cold.
6. I caught bad cold.

What's the difference between sentences 1 and 2, 3 and 4, and 5 and 6？
 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics



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