Please help

[lisa666]

Hello everyone,
Could you please tell me which answer I should choose? Thank you!
It _____ so cold these days, so I will buy a coat. (A) is (B) has been

[5jj]

Hello everyone,
Could you please tell me which answer I should choose? Thank you!
It _____ so cold these days, so I will buy a coat. (A) is (B) has been

What do you think? You tell us, and we'll comment.

By the way, you need to omit one of the two sos, or change the first to very.

[lisa666]

What do you think? You tell us, and we'll comment.

By the way, you need to omit one of the two sos, or change the first to very.

Hi 5jj,
Honestly, I really can't decide which I should choose. That's why I ask for help here.
If both of the answers are acceptable, tell me the reason, please. Thank you.

[emsr2d2]

Here is a clue - look at the words "these days" - do they make you think of the present tense or a past tense?

[lisa666]

Here is a clue - look at the words "these days" - do they make you think of the present tense or a past tense?

Hi emsr2d2;839272,
Do you mean I should choose "is" ? Help me with the answer, please. Thank you.

[AlexAD]

Not a teacher, nor a native.
I'd be likely to go for the present perfect since it makes me think that because of cold weather has continued for some time (may be non-stop), it is sensible to go and buy a coat.
If it was today, I would choose the present simple.

[Raymott]

Hello everyone,
Could you please tell me which answer I should choose? Thank you!
It _____ so cold these days, so I will buy a coat. (A) is (B) has been

You could use either, but the sentence as a whole is awkward.

It would be better as:
It _____ so cold these days. So I will buy a coat. or
It _____ cold these days, so I will buy a coat. or better,
It _____ so cold these days, that I've decided to buy a coat. In this one "has been" is better.

[dut_thinker]

What do you think? You tell us, and we'll comment.

By the way, you need to omit one of the two sos, or change the first to very.

Dear 5jj

I have no idea why you asked lisa666 to omit one of the two sos. Did you mean it is not right to use `so` in one sentence at the same time.

[Calis]

Hello everyone,
Could you please tell me which answer I should choose? Thank you!
It _____ so cold these days, so I will buy a coat. (A) is (B) has been

I would use "is" but if I had to use "has been", I would say It has been so cold lately.

[Not a teacher]

[Barb_D]

Dear 5jj

I have no idea why you asked lisa666 to omit one of the two sos. Did you mean it is not right to use `so` in one sentence at the same time.

It is incorrect as that sentence is written.

It's so cold that...
It's very cold, so...