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Are they all correct?

1. Temperature in October is milder and less scorching.
2. Temperatures in October are milder and less scorching.
3. The temperature in October is milder and less scorching.
4. The temperatures in October are milder and less scorching.

Would it be better to change IN to OF?

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[+3] - Miller - 10/05/2014[quote="Doubtful"] Question for natives: The temperatures in October are milder and less scorching. In = October of any year. The temperatures of October are milder and less...

@WBYeats,

#1 sounds wrong to me.

#2 and #3 sound the best to me.

#4 sounds good to me, but maybe not quite as good as #2 and #3.

Stay with "IN". "OF" sounds wrong to me.

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@oralloy,

Well WB, Al has covered it pretty well

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@WBYeats,

Question for natives:

The temperatures in October are milder and less scorching.

In = October of any year.

The temperatures of October are milder and less scorching.

Of = this October, now

BTW, I think "the" should be there because you are specifying what temperatures you are talking about (of October).

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@dalehileman,

dalehileman wrote:

Well WB, Al has covered it pretty well

Al??

Short for Alloy?

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@Doubtful,

Doubtful wrote:

The temperatures of October are milder and less scorching.

Of = this October, now

The "of" sounds wrong to me.

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I disagree.

"Of" is more stabilizing than "In".

Why?

Temperatures are conjoined with particular parts of the year. I wouldn't say that October contains a temperature - I would say that October attains a temperature. The temperature "of" October is so and so Vs. The temperature "in" October is so and so. The former is a conjunction; the latter is a containment.

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@oralloy,

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Al??

Sorry Ora, my head is only halfway functioning this morn

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@One Eyed Mind,

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"Of" is more stabilizing than "In"

Doubtless Mind, you're technically correct; but "in" is more nearly collo

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@dalehileman,

Of is more accurate than In.

I explained why already. Temperatures are not "in" the time of the year. Temperatures are "of" the time of the year. Temperatures and the time of the year are conjoined - they are not separated into two entirely different phenomenons. It's the time of the year that changes the temperature - it's not independent temperature in an independent time of the year.

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@One Eyed Mind,

Thanks Mind, but still "in" is the collo

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@dalehileman,

Why is it the colloquial verdict, when it's wrong?

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@One Eyed Mind,

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Why is it the colloquial verdict, when it's wrong?

Much collo is "wrong"

Eg, Mind, see

http://able2know.org/topic/256435-1

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@dalehileman,

Of course it is, which is why I'm not giving it any room to breathe with its unorthodox interpretation of communication

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@One Eyed Mind,

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I'm not giving it any room to breathe

Good work Mind, hang in there. The technicalities are important to many ESL

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@dalehileman,

Evil Snake Lords...?

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Thank you~

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@WBYeats,

Correct:
3. The temperature in October is milder and less scorching.
4. The temperatures in October are milder and less scorching.

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@Doubtful,

Doubtful wrote:

Question for natives:

The temperatures in October are milder and less scorching.

In = October of any year.

The temperatures of October are milder and less scorching.

Of = this October, now

BTW, I think "the" should be there because you are specifying what temperatures you are talking about (of October).

Correct:The temperatures in October are milder and less scorching.

Implied is ..in the MONTH of October...

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@One Eyed Mind,

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Evil Snake Lords...?

English as Second Language

Tho I like yours better

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