The expressions mean something different: 感冒 To catch a cold is to catch the disease. 著涼 To catch cold, or to take cold is to stay out too long in cold weather and spend a long time shivering afterwards. The experience may cause you to catch a cold, but not necessarily. https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/catch-a-cold-or-catch-cold.724722/ catch cold in American English take cold to get or suffer from a cold We all caught cold during that dreadful winter https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/catch-cold catch cold/catch a cold If you catch cold, or catch a cold, you become ill with a cold. Let's dry our hair so we don't catch cold. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/catch-cold-catch-a-cold -- Practice doesn't necessarily make perfect, but it makes permanent. Premature practice (practice beyond the learner's competence) or practice without error correction makes imperfection permanent. --

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