red phrase

The phrase in red is designed to catch your attention.

It is a phrase, and it is indubitably red, so why is it not correct? Yoong, Liat, a lot of your questions about whether this or that word or phrase is "correct" are, it seems to me, really questions about "register", an extremely useful concept in language study. This fact, if true, suggests to me that you are an advanced student.

Eggs, apples, tables, chairs, cats, dogs.

The red words are names of foods, the blue words are names of items of furniture, and the black words are names of animals.

The words in red are names of foods, the words in blue are names of items of furniture, and the words in black are names of animals.

Both these sentences are "correct". The one using "in" is perhaps a little old-fashioned and a little more formal than the other. Saying that a word was "in" a colour was, I think, an abbreviated way of saying that it was written or printed in that colour of ink.

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It is a phrase, and it is indubitably red, so why is it not correct? Yoong, Liat, a lot of your questions about whether this or that word or phrase is "correct" are, it seems to me, really questions about "register", an extremely useful concept in language study. This fact, if true, suggests to me that you are an advanced student

Thanks, Contrex, for the observation. Although I cannot claim to have a good command of English, I would say that I'm slightly above the elementary level.

Once again, I'm very grateful to you for answering most of my questions. Of course, I'm grateful to the other members too.

Best wishes.