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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

a usage of "win"

Hi,

Is there such a usage in English? When someone deserves to attend a school after succeeding in an exam, "he won this school" or "he won Harvard" etc ?

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No. " For one thing, winning does not always imply deserving -- you can win something by a random drawing or lottery. , there is no single exam that guarantees admission into any college.

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  • No.
  • " For one thing, winning does not always imply deserving -- you can win something by a random drawing or lottery.
  • , there is no single exam that guarantees admission into any college.
  • The two most common exams colleges consider in their admisison decisions are the SAT and ACT, but even perfect scores on these tests do not guarantee admission to Harvard.
  • So, you could say "with his perfect test scores he deserves to go to Harvard," but it would just be an opinion.
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No. You could say "he deserves to go to Harvard" or "he earned the right to go to Harvard," but not "he won Harvard." For one thing, winning does not always imply deserving -- you can win something by a random drawing or lottery. Also, at least in the U.S., there is no single exam that guarantees admission into any college. The two most common exams colleges consider in their admisison
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AnonymousIs there such a usage in English? When someone deserves to attend a school after succeeding in an exam, "he won this school" or "he won Harvard" etc ?
No. We don't use "win" that way in English.
You would have to say it differently. Maybe:
He passed the Harvard entrance exam! He's going to Harvard!
Or:
He got into Harvard
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