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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Attended/went two schools?

Hi. Could you tell me if we could write, "He attended/went two schools in (at?) XXX in YYYY"? For this, let us assume the alphabet letters "XXX" represent a certain place like any city in any country and the letters "YYYY" represent some year like 1990.

If we could, could you tell me if we could write "He attended/went a school in (at?) XXX in YYYY" (with the alphabet letters representing the same)? I am not sure but I think the sentence, "He attended/went a school in (at?) XXX in YYYY," is not correct but think we could write, "He attended/went a school that had some of the finest teachers in the area in YYYY" - also assuming the alphabet letters "YYYY" to be/representing some arbitrary year.
  

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Of course you can add dates and places to a sentence. As far as going to school is concerned, there are two common alternatives: He went to school in Scotland in the 1990s. He attended school in Scotland in the 1990s.

  • Of course you can add dates and places to a sentence.
  • As far as going to school is concerned, there are two common alternatives: He went to school in Scotland in the 1990s.
  • He attended school in Scotland in the 1990s.
  • He went school is always wrong.
  • There's nothing wrong with He went to two schools in his teens.
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Of course you can add dates and places to a sentence. As far as going to school is concerned, there are two common alternatives:

He went to school in Scotland in the 1990s.
He attended school in Scotland in the 1990s.

He went school is always wrong. There's nothing wrong with

He went to two schools in his teens.
He attended two s

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