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Angliholic

#482624 Thu, 28 Feb 08 02:59 AM

The sun intensified the heat in the room so much that they finally had to turn the air on.

Hi,

The above is a stand-alone example. Does the bolded part make sense to you? Is it better to reword it as "turn the air-conditioner on?" Thanks.

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Yankee

#482631 Thu, 28 Feb 08 03:09 AM

Hi Angliholic

I'm sure any American would understand turn the air on in that sentence. We might also call it the AC.

I probably would not word it as turn the air conditioner on unless I knew for sure that what was being turned on was a small device (e.g a device fitted in a window). Otherwise, I might say turn the air conditioning on.

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