feeling cold

[keen learner]

I couldn't go to college as i was feeling cold in the morning.
Is it a correct sentence?
Thanks

[Tdol]

i should be I and I would put in the morning after to college.

[SoothingDave]

In America, we would not use "go to college" to mean "go to class today."

"I did not go to college because I could not afford it."

[Barb_D]

Do you mean you found the temperature too cold or that you were ill with a cold?

[emsr2d2]

In America, we would not use "go to college" to mean "go to class today."

"I did not go to college because I could not afford it."

Conversely, in BrE, that's exactly what we would do. We don't use "go to class".

I didn't go to school yesterday.
I didn't go to college on Tuesday.
I didn't go to uni on Thursday or Friday.

[Barb_D]

We would say "go to school" too, but not at the university level.

Perhaps because so many people live on or near campus when at college/university, they are already AT college/university/school, so it's only the classes they didn't attend.

[keen learner]

Tdol Re: feeling cold
i should be I and I would put in the morning after to college.

Thanks

What I meant to say is:
I was feeling cold in the morning that is why I couldn't go to college
and not that
I couldn't go college in the morning as i was feeling cold.

[Barb_D]

What I meant to say is:
I was feeling cold in the morning that is why I couldn't go to college
and not that
I couldn't go college in the morning as i was feeling cold.

What do you see as the difference in those two?

Also, I repeat -- were you ill with a cold or bothered by the cold temperature? Not going to classes because you are feeling cold (bothered by the temperature) is not a common reason to miss class. On the other hand, not going because you had a bad cold would make more sense.

[keen learner]

Do you mean you found the temperature too cold or that you were ill with a cold?

I mean that I found the the temperature too cold.

[Barb_D]

Okay, then what you wrote is fine. Is it common to skip classes because of cold temperatures?