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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Can the expressions 'teacher of English' and 'teacher in English' be used interchangeably?

Which of these phrases are more appropriate to use: 'teacher of English' or 'teacher in English'? Can these expresion be used interchangeably? Maraming salamat po sa anumang malinaw na kasagutang maibibigay ninyo. (Thank you very much for whatever enlightening answer you can provide me with.)
  

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Rommel N. Angara Which of these phrases is more appropriate to use: 'teacher of English' [Y] or 'teacher in English' [N] ? Can these expres s ion s be used interchangeably?

  • Rommel N.
  • Angara Which of these phrases is more appropriate to use: 'teacher of English' [Y] or 'teacher in English' [N] ?
  • Can these expres s ion s be used interchangeably?
  • no A person who teaches English is a teacher of English.
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Rommel N. AngaraWhich of these phrases is more appropriate to use: 'teacher of English' [Y] or 'teacher in English' [N] ?
Can these expressions be used interchangeably? no
A person who teaches English is a tea
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Hi,

I usually hear, and say, I'm an English teacher.

The context usually makes it very clear that I'm not talking about my nationality.

Clive

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