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Makiasan Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

fourth grade

I’m a fourth grade.
I'm in (the) fourth grade.
I'm a fourth grade college student.

Are these sentences all correct?
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(2) is correct as-is, but it doesn't mean what you want it to mean - at least in the US, it would be taken to mean you were in the fourth grade of primary school, so you would be somewhere around nine or ten years old. (1) would be correct if you changed it minutely to "I'm a fourth grade r " but would have the same meaning as I said above. (3) would mean what you wanted it to mean if you changed it to "I'm a fourth- year college student".

— CSnyder

  • (2) is correct as-is, but it doesn't mean what you want it to mean - at least in the US, it would be taken to mean you were in the fourth grade of primary school, so you would be somewhere around nine or ten years old.
  • (1) would be correct if you changed it minutely to "I'm a fourth grade r " but would have the same meaning as I said above.
  • (3) would mean what you wanted it to mean if you changed it to "I'm a fourth- year college student".
  • The most common way to say what you apparently want to say would be "I'm a senior in college".
  • Only if you wanted to emphasize that, while you're in your fourth year, you will not be graduating this year, would you say "I'm a fourth-year college student".
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(2) is correct as-is, but it doesn't mean what you want it to mean - at least in the US, it would be taken to mean you were in the fourth grade of primary school, so you would be somewhere around nine or ten years old.

(1) would be correct if you changed it minutely to "I'm a fourth grader" but would have the same meaning as I said above.

(3) would mean what you wanted it
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Thank you so much, CSnyder!! Your answer is exactly what I want to know!!
Maki
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