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Bom325 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
"Focus my area of interest in sth"
Hi all!
I have the following two sentences.
1) While in law school, I have focused my area of interest in criminal law.
2) While in law school, I have developed a particular interest in criminal law.
In both of the sentences, I meant that I have been particularly interested in criminal law and as a result, have taken a lot of criminal law courses and had related internship experience. (i) Could you check that both of the sentences are grammatically correct? (ii) Also, which sentence do you think is more natural? (if you could provide your own new sentence, that would be doubly great!)
Thank you in advance for your help!!!
I have the following two sentences.
1) While in law school, I have focused my area of interest in criminal law.
2) While in law school, I have developed a particular interest in criminal law.
In both of the sentences, I meant that I have been particularly interested in criminal law and as a result, have taken a lot of criminal law courses and had related internship experience. (i) Could you check that both of the sentences are grammatically correct? (ii) Also, which sentence do you think is more natural? (if you could provide your own new sentence, that would be doubly great!)
Thank you in advance for your help!!!
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1) While in law school, I have focused my area of interest in criminal law. 2) While in law school, I have developed a particular interest in criminal law. The simple past is the best choice here.
- 1) While in law school, I have focused my area of interest in criminal law.
- 2) While in law school, I have developed a particular interest in criminal law.
- The simple past is the best choice here.
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1) While in law school, I have focused my area of interest in criminal law.
2) While in law school, Ihave developed a particular interest in criminal law.
The simple past is the best choice here.
2) While in law school, I
The simple past is the best choice here.
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AlpheccaStarsThe simple past is the best choice here.Not if bom is still in law school.
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Can I ask you one more question?
IN the first sentence, "I focused my area of interest in criminal law," should I have used the word "on" instead of "in" because the verb "focus" usually comes with "on?"
Alternatively, is it ok as it is because the word "interest" always comes with "in?"
I am very confused about this. Thanks!
IN the first sentence, "I focused my area of interest in criminal law," should I have used the word "on" instead of "in" because the verb "focus" usually comes with "on?"
Alternatively, is it ok as it is because the word "interest" always comes with "in?"
I am very confused about this. Thanks!
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bom325"on" instead of "in"I'd say 'on'; however, there is another problem.
It seems you are focusing on criminal law, and your area of interest is criminal law.
'focus' and 'interest' are saying the same thing, but you've tried to combine both expressions in the same sentence so it seems that you are saying something rather str
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