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Magda Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Driving course

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00Is it correct to say: "I will enrol on driving course/lessons"?02br
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00Thank you.0-
  

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0 01b 00in 02b 02br 00 is more frequent. 02br 02br 00 I saw 01b 00on02b 00 at British university sites. 02br 02br 00 Try a search at Yahoo with02br 00 "enrol on courses" 02br 00 "enrol in courses" 0-

  • 0 01b 00in 02b 02br 00 is more frequent.
  • 02br 02br 00 I saw 01b 00on02b 00 at British university sites.
  • 02br 02br 00 Try a search at Yahoo with02br 00 "enrol on courses" 02br 00 "enrol in courses" 0-
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0 01b00in 02b02br
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00 I saw 01b00on02b00 at British university sites. 02br
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0 Thanks. My dictionary says that "enrol on/for" is a BrE thing. But what I really wanted to know is whether it's common to say "enrol on a driving course", maybe you use a different verb like "01b00book 02b00a driving course/lessons".0-
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0 01i00To enrol 02i00is to register for the course. You do that once, at the beginning. 02br
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01i00To book 02i00is mostly to arrange an 01i00appointment/date 02i00for a lesson, etc. You have to discuss this each time with your instructor, doctor's secretary, etc. IMO, you don't book a full course, you only
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0Ah, I see. Many thanks 05000 .010id1
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0Hi Magda,02br
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00Here's a further comment.02br
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00The underlying idea of 'enrol' is that you add your name to a list.02br
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00In my experience, driving courses/lessons usually just involve you (and the teacher). Because of that, 'enrol' sounds slightly odd to me. I''d more commonly say 01font00I
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0Is "enrol" (with one L) the more normal way to spell it? I thought it was wrong at first, then thought it must be BrE, and now see that "enrol" is considered a varient spelling, but I have 01b00never02b00 seen it with one L before.02br
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00(And now I'm thinking of Ogden Nash with his one-L lamas and two-L llamas poem.)0-
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0 GG, you've hit the nail on the head with 01b00enroll05002br
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00Main Entry: 01b00en·roll02b02br
00 Variant(s): 01i00or02i00 01b00en·rol02b010id1
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0 Thank you, Clive.0-

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